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Re:Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers by AlexandrB on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:50AM (#39992080)
Or it's a different kind of genius. A lot of these claims helped juice the stock value at critical times. The "battery swap" demo happened to get a specific tax incentive from Uncle Sam[1]. These are specific actions meant to get other people's money - follow-through be damned.

[1] https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2015/0312/Tesla-b...

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Re:Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers by tombert on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:54AM (#39992131)
I don't know that that really requires "genius" though. Having a lawyer tell you "hey there's this clause in the recent tax code that might make us a lot of money if we make an interesting demo", and then him saying "ok, lets make that demo" doesn't seem like it takes a 10,000 IQ.

Lying is pretty easy, and I can think of lots of habitual liars that I also think I are very stupid. Without naming anyone specific, think of any politician that you dislike.

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