Cont: Musk buys Twitter II

[TragicMonkey]

I think the Robert Heinlein estate should sue Musk for plagarism....
Not that I think Musk ever read "Stranger In A Strange Land".

He read the title, thought "that's all I need to know", and set out to be as strange as he could think of. And, give him due credit, he's actually done a fairly good job at that.

 

[MostlyHarmless]

I think he read a "Stranger..." jacket blurb - "Earth, Mars, technology, Messiah, SEX!!!"

 

[jeremyp]

He must of read at least a small bit of the book in order to come across the term and understand what it means.

Well, somebody else could have read the book and explained it to him.

Anyway, it’s an achievement to turn the meaning of a niche nerdy sci fi term to “automatic generator of child pornography”.

 

[dudalb]

He must of read at least a small bit of the book in order to come across the term and understand what it means.

Well, somebody else could have read the book and explained it to him.

Anyway, it’s an achievement to turn the meaning of a niche nerdy sci fi term to “automatic generator of child pornography”.

Actually the term Grok has been in use a long time...and the vast majority of users have no idea where it came from.

 

[jeremyp]

Actually the term Grok has been in use a long time.

Yes we know that. We've been discussing Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) in the last few posts.

..and the vast majority of users have no idea where it came from.

and....?

 

[plague311]

Actually the term Grok has been in use a long time...and the vast majority of users have no idea where it came from.

I can't speak for others but I, personally, don't give a ◊◊◊◊ where Grok came from. I'm not sure if that helps or not.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

SpaceX’s Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter’s Ad Business

When SpaceX filed for its IPO, we went through the S-1 to point out just how far off the mark Elon Musk’s predictions about his Twitter takeover turned out to be. Indeed, the failure of Twitt…

www.techdirt.com

Musk said he would quadruple Twitter's ad revenue.
He has wiped out two-thirds of it instead.

 

[arthwollipot]

It annoys me that he has single-handedly destroyed the use of a good word - one with meaning. Perhaps the best thing to come from Heinlein's pen.

 

[Darat]

It annoys me that he has single-handedly destroyed the use of a good word - one with meaning. Perhaps the best thing to come from Heinlein's pen.

"Waldo" is still the best.