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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by ethbr0 on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:26PM (#36850497)
The last time might have been Louis XIV, who would have been 8 and 3 years into his reign in 1646.

He staged mock naval battles in the lake/canal behind Versailles.

Which, admittedly, sounds pretty awesome.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by hef19898 on Monday July 24, 2023 @12:56PM (#36850991)
In his defence, Louis XIV turned into one of the most successful kings, one doesn't earn the moniker Roi de Soleil, the sun king, for nothing.
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by abdela on Monday July 24, 2023 @03:59PM (#36853422)
Exactly, Louis XIV had a great reign and was a politically gifted ruler who kept relative peace for 50 years.
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by ethbr0 on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:34PM (#36853817)
Well, relative peace within France.

With-out France, there were a lot of wars.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by philistine on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:29PM (#36856674)
No de. It's Roi Soleil.
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by webnrrd2k on Monday July 24, 2023 @02:22PM (#36852234)
Im sure there are other good comparisons to Elon Must, but I think avreally good one is Howard Hughes... Started an aircraft company because he liked flying, same with movie production, etc...

Howard Hughes also had some mental health issues, similar to Elon Musk.

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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by maxlin on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:18PM (#36854323)
Considering being in a comfortable position on the spectrum can be an absolute win for many engineers like for yours truly and for Musk, I don't think its fair to compare that to Hughes's decline
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ by perihelions on Monday July 24, 2023 @04:56PM (#36854080)
Not the first to think of it,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naumachia

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