Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory

Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by microtherion on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @06:16PM (#13323040)

"a diamond-shaped factory of outlandish proportions is emerging from the sweat and promises of Tesla CEO Elon Musk"

I can't help being reminded of the Bertolt Brecht poem:

    Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
    The books are filled with names of kings.
    Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?

https://allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Reads-History

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by obstinate on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:44PM (#13324817)

As with everything, there is not one single cause. However, if you ask which cause of the gigafactory was least interchangeable with the rest, Musk seems like as good a candidate as any.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by friedman23 on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:18AM (#13324956)

Ask yourself this, would spacex or tesla exist if Elon Musk weren't here?

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by TheSageMage on Thursday January 05, 2017 @01:11AM (#13325133)

Not OP, but he's not saying Elon doesn't deserve credit, he's just saying he doesn't deserve all the credit. The quote makes it sounds like Elon himself build everything alone, rather than being a successful leader, as well innovator.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by kasparsklavins on Thursday January 05, 2017 @02:36AM (#13325425)

To be fair, Tesla existed before Elon took over it.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by adventured on Thursday January 05, 2017 @02:50AM (#13325488)

It's similar in concept to comparing Starbucks before and after Schultz. The before and after companies have practically nothing in common.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by babyrainbow on Thursday January 05, 2017 @07:45AM (#13326666)

Ask yourself this. Would Elon Musk be here if there was no...business opportunity?

Now you know your true lord to bow down...

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by bawana on Thursday January 05, 2017 @08:19AM (#13326855)

no ask yourself THIS: would elon musk have done any of this if he were married?

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by zigzigzag on Thursday January 05, 2017 @06:01AM (#13326206)

How is the factory diamond shaped?

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by zardo on Thursday January 05, 2017 @06:00PM (#13332268)

It's shaped like a diamond which has been cut into a factory shape.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by theoh on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:25PM (#13333655)

It's octagonal in plan. Gems are sometimes cut to have that shape, though I don't think anyone would associate it with diamonds.

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Re:Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory by zem on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @08:08PM (#13323814)

beautiful poem, thanks for the pointer!

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