• ssj2marx@lemmy.ml
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      17 days ago

      True fact: SpaceX has an executive whose whole job is to manage Elon when he visits and keep him from fucking things up. SpaceX also started seeing most of its success after Elon started spending more of his time at Tesla.

      • Hexamerous [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        omg that’s what the cybertruck is, isn’t it? They gave him crayons and paper to doodle in his office to distract him. He came out a month later with a square and four wheels and a bunch of arrows going “it can drive in water and it’s bulletproof and it’s gas tight and it’s self driving and it’s…” and the engineers just did their best to make it real.