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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1050 on: July 29, 2024, 05:43:52 PM »
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1051 on: July 29, 2024, 05:51:39 PM »
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1052 on: September 09, 2024, 02:03:16 PM »
Saying at the rate he's going Elon could become the world's first trillionaire by 2027.
But but I was told that buying Twitter was going to destroy Elon   :O


Elon Musk could become world's first trillionaire by 2027
https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/elon-musk-could-become-worlds-first-trillionaire-2027
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1053 on: November 23, 2024, 09:55:54 AM »
Another win for Elon

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Elon Musk has won a legal battle as a U.S. judge rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to sanction him for not appearing to testify in the investigation regarding his $44 billion Twitter deal

Congratulations, Elon!

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SEC. The middle word is definitely “Elon’s”, but I can never remember what the other two words stand for 🤔.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1860210546345419261
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1054 on: November 23, 2024, 10:46:14 AM »
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Harry Enten on CNN Just showed that TwitterX is the most ideologically balanced it's ever been, 48% Left, 47% right. They lost 20% control of the conversation online and they can't stand it.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1055 on: November 23, 2024, 11:12:17 AM »
Does the "degree" of "rightness" count?

Maybe I should join Twitter and make it 45% left and 55% right all by myself.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1056 on: November 28, 2024, 10:25:33 PM »

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1057 on: November 29, 2024, 06:06:47 PM »
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/11/29/dont-let-the-door-hit-ya-european-federation-of-journalists-announces-they-are-leaving-twitter-n2404416

#1 - Never heard of them.

#2 - How many times do these melodramatic knuckleheads have to be told that X is not the airport? No departure announcements necessary. Just leave already.

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1058 on: December 03, 2024, 01:47:20 PM »
A judge in Delaware says she doesn't care what the shareholders say

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A Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not entitled to receive a multibillion compensation package despite shareholders approving it.

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of Delaware's Court of Chancery filed her 101-page decision on Monday. In an X post, Tesla responded to the decision and expressed intent to appeal.

"A Delaware judge just overruled a supermajority of shareholders who own Tesla and who voted twice to pay @elonmusk what he’s worth," the post read. "The court’s decision is wrong, and we’re going to appeal."

Elon Musk's whopping 12-digit Tesla compensation package rejected again by Delaware judge
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musks-whopping-12-digit-tesla-compensation-package-rejected-delaware-judge

Wouldn't be surprised if this goes to the SC
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1059 on: December 03, 2024, 02:42:11 PM »
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https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1860032186096976188
That just shows how much the other social media sites are giving weight to the left side of the scales.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1060 on: December 03, 2024, 04:37:53 PM »
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A judge in Delaware says she doesn't care what the shareholders say

Elon Musk's whopping 12-digit Tesla compensation package rejected again by Delaware judge
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musks-whopping-12-digit-tesla-compensation-package-rejected-delaware-judge

Wouldn't be surprised if this goes to the SC

I haven't read the judge's decision, but I'll bet a substantial portion of it is legalese that shows her admiration of socialism.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1061 on: December 11, 2024, 06:24:48 PM »
But I was told buying Twitter was going to destroy Elon

Elon Musk becomes first person in history to amass $400billion fortune - surpassing combined net worth of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14183639/Elon-Musk-history-amass-400billion-fortune-Bill-Gates-Jeff-Bezos.html
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1062 on: December 15, 2024, 05:49:28 PM »
Elon hinting at both an e-mail service and search engine.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1063 on: December 15, 2024, 05:53:28 PM »
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Elon hinting at both an e-mail service and search engine.

I'd actually prefer that he either by himself or in continued partnerships, do more with phones.

Unless he's thinking of doing some full on Google competition, with his own version of youtube and stuff. No one has yet been able to take that userbase from Google, but if anyone can do it, it's him.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1064 on: December 17, 2024, 10:21:53 AM »
Hmmm
How true IDK

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The Biden Admin paid Reuters over $300 million in government contracts. 11 different Biden government agencies targeted Elon's businesses. All 11 agencies paid millions to Reuters. Reuters then won the Pulitzer Prize for "their work on Elon Musk and misconduct at his businesses"

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1868945446875676693
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1065 on: December 17, 2024, 11:35:46 AM »
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But I was told buying Twitter was going to destroy Elon

Elon Musk becomes first person in history to amass $400billion fortune - surpassing combined net worth of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14183639/Elon-Musk-history-amass-400billion-fortune-Bill-Gates-Jeff-Bezos.html
Bill Gates is mostly just sitting on his money.  Elon seems to have multiple businesses that are doing well and pushing boundaries. 
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1066 on: December 17, 2024, 12:33:33 PM »
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I'd actually prefer that he either by himself or in continued partnerships, do more with phones.

Unless he's thinking of doing some full on Google competition, with his own version of youtube and stuff. No one has yet been able to take that userbase from Google, but if anyone can do it, it's him.
I'd like to see him get into phones as well.  A true competitor to the Google and Apple app stores would be nice. 

Twitter already provides some video alternative to Youtube, but not enough to replace it.  Just providing a less censored outlet is a plus.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1067 on: December 20, 2024, 12:35:17 PM »
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1068 on: December 20, 2024, 09:05:32 PM »


https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/12/20/democrats-account-elon-meme-backfires-n2405525

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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1069 on: January 04, 2025, 04:35:31 PM »
https://x.com/martianwyrdlord/status/1875627549230813268

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Could explain some of Elon's recent behavior.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1070 on: January 13, 2025, 09:25:50 PM »
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BREAKING — Chinese officials are considering selling TikTok US to Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg.

https://x.com/ElectionWiz/status/1878967117963542549
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1071 on: January 14, 2025, 08:42:02 AM »
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[popcorn]

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BREAKING — Chinese officials are considering selling TikTok US to Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg.

https://x.com/ElectionWiz/status/1878967117963542549

Are we going to have to start worrying about Anti Trust laws with Social Media?
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1072 on: January 14, 2025, 09:47:10 AM »
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BREAKING — Chinese officials are considering selling TikTok US to Elon Musk, according to Bloomberg.

https://x.com/ElectionWiz/status/1878967117963542549

Seems like a loaded sale to me.  Will the servers remain in China?  Will they turn over all the code so it can be run independently?  I sort of doubt it.
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1073 on: January 14, 2025, 09:58:44 AM »
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Seems like a loaded sale to me.  Will the servers remain in China?  Will they turn over all the code so it can be run independently?  I sort of doubt it.

I'm not taking it seriously...yet. But I agree there would be lot of sticking points. Highly doubtful if this is remotely true Elon, I would hope, would allow the Chinese any sort of control over the hardware or data.

I just Googled "where are TikTok's servers" and the result was

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TikTok's user data is stored in several locations, including:

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: TikTok's primary data storage location for US user data.

US data centers: TikTok's primary data center locations in the United States are in Northern Virginia and Hillsboro, Oregon. These data centers have physical and logical security controls, including gated entry points, firewalls, and intrusion detection technologies.
Singapore data center: TikTok's Singapore data center serves as a backup data storage location for US users.

And this article popped up

TikTok moves U.S. user data to Oracle servers
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-moves-us-user-data-oracle-servers-2022-06-17/

Now how hard it would be to get Chinese fingers out of it IDK

Again though this story could be a load of hot air
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Re: Musk and Twitter
« Reply #1074 on: January 14, 2025, 11:14:10 AM »
Geographically distributed servers are the norm for large services like this.  Way more efficient to serve from something near the consumer than from across the globe.  That's why Netflix ships Open Connect Appliances to local ISPs so that the most common content can be served directly from the ISP instead of having to bounce from some big Netflix server farm.

The issue has never been where the US servers are hosted, the issue is what level of access the CHICOMs have to it.  And what they can do with the app tracking too.

This is 'merica, we want our spying to be done by big businesses and giant, faceless government agencies.
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