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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by drysine on Friday February 07, 2025 @05:38AM (#42971219)
He bet his entire fortune on that, for one thing.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by tombert on Sunday February 09, 2025 @09:20PM (#42996265)
I spent my entire life savings on lottery tickets, and one of them wins the Powerball, does that mean that I am somehow gifted in managing my money? Or would it mean I just got lucky?

Elon's stuff might be due to some kind of "skill", but that's not implied by him "betting his entire fortune" and winning.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by tombert on Monday February 10, 2025 @03:07AM (#42997943)
Just an edit: it was a hypothetical, I meant to write “if I spent my life savings on lottery tickets”. I don’t actually play the lottery.
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