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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by gwilikers on Saturday October 29, 2022 @07:40PM (#33389092)
I know of this Twitter thread, but not sure of the authenticity.

https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939617404645376

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by jsrcout on Saturday October 29, 2022 @09:01PM (#33389751)
I don't know if it's authentic either, but this bit from the thread sure is interesting:

> autopilot had _really_ high turnover at one point before release because some guy from space x came in and gave the entire dept a C pointer/memory test because Elon said they were "late" to ship.

https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1032939642243309569/...

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by AtlasBarfed on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:30AM (#33402638)
And yet their software is 100x better from a features aspect than other auto companies, has been for 10 years, and as new VW EVs show, still is.

Some of the described pearl-clutching issues are garden variety big enterprise data management stories.

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