Comment by narrator
20 hours ago
The haters on here are ridiculous. If everyone who ever had a product that failed in the market was called a fraud on HN then probably almost everyone would be. SpaceX failed on their first three launches. All the haters here would have voted to shut it all down. Glad Elon's able to recover from business failures without going to the HN comments section to find out what he should do next.
Ya it is terrible and very much not what HN is about. Elon has delivered so many things that to doubt him is pure stupidity.
Elon has done sufficiently impressive things which is why it’s sad that he has to make up a whole bunch of new things to try to impress people. Being the richest man alive is not enough he also has to be the best gamer as well. If he lies about small things that don’t matter then how could I trust him to tell the truth on important things that do matter.
Howard Hughes also did impressive things. Built amazingly advanced aircraft for the era. Started a Hollywood movie studio. Owned one of the world’s largest airlines. His company (after his death of course) provided satellite IP links for decades before Elon showed up with a cheaper option.
He died as an isolated insane hermit wearing kleenex boxes as shoes and collecting his urine in mason jars.
I think that we have already seen peak Elon, and the only thing we will see in the future is his continued descent into madness, which I expect will be aided and abetted by his business associates, just as Howard Huges’s illness was.
Because people can be more than one thing, and aren't perfect?
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That’s the ironic part. HN is supposed to be about tech startups and you’d think people would be rooting for the guy who is trying to do game changing tech.
I can’t tell if it sour grapes or just the left doing their “you must hate anyone who disagrees with you politically”.
I'm for startups that don't defraud their customers with a proven track record of lying.
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I still remember when people were laughing at the Tesla Model 3 as vapourware, as a scam, and proof that Musk was operating a ponzi scheme.
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