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Re:Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' i... by loceng on Monday April 05, 2021 @07:35AM (#26697715)
Wowee, if that's true that a 6 month contribution got him equity resulting in a $180 million payday when eBay bought Paypal - then his value/pay/contribution was equal to roughly $1 million per day; your shallow minimizing of an argument is a weak one.
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Re:Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' i... by wizzwizz4 on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:04AM (#26697907)
Are you arguing that, because he's rich, he must've done a good job? Because that doesn't follow in general; I think we can all think of a few dozen counter-examples.
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Re:Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' i... by mgoetzke on Monday April 05, 2021 @11:32AM (#26700356)
Are you arguing that, because he's rich, he must not have done a good job ? Because that doesn't follow in general either. I think we can all think of a few dozen counter-examples where people got rich while actually putting in a lot of work and risk.

Especially Elon put all his money on the line a few times. And he is definitely not just an idea guy.

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Re:Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' i... by jjeaff on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:30PM (#26701913)
I have not seen any real engineers too overwhelmed with his apparent knowledge. Things like claiming that the new Roadster will have pressurized air thrusters that will allow it to hover a few feet off the ground for a few seconds comes to mind.
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