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“Obviously there’s no guarantee that they will, but I do think there’s a lot of merit to combining the companies as we are pretty much in the superintelligence singularity,” Musk said.

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[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Didn't Tesla stock tumble like 43% this quarter? Is the only way to keep Tesla afloat tie it to one of the biggest abusers of government contracting?

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I thought something like that as well, but someone suggested this move is to make sure he gets his bonus package. Not to save the company

Edit: https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.online/post/3myfeyx35ec2e

[–] jackal@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My understanding is that the only move Moron has left is to go to where the govt faucets are. I would rather we simply turn off the pipe and let his companies flail away in the wind.

[–] rhamph@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Technically true, in that it’s the only move he’s ever had

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago

I genuinely wonder what the successor enterprise to Tesla will be like, i.e., the equivalent to the outfit down in Houston that owns all the leftover OEM spare parts for DeLoreans.