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Electronics whiz Elon Musk is now the world's richest person
VK3DRB:
https://www.drive.com.au/news/elon-musk-had-an-unusual-reaction-to-being-named-the-world-s-richest-person-124918.html?trackLink=SMH1
tooki:
--- Quote from: tom66 on January 08, 2021, 11:02:59 pm ---Musk has teams of talented engineers, but the guy himself is a visionary and a bit of an asshole. I think it's a lot of credit, more than deserved, to say that Musk is a genius. Steve Jobs was a similar type of person. Visionary and very motivational, although he was more art-oriented. He didn't design the iPhone though, as others often say, instead his engineers did. They are the ones who should get the most credit.
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At least Steve Jobs really did have a deep understanding of usability (which is why IMHO Apple’s usability has suffered since Jobs’ passing), and while he wasn’t an engineer, by all accounts he did know a lot more about the underlying technology than a lot of people give him credit for. Yes, he absolutely brought the arts/humanities angle to Apple, but it was simply the lens through which he viewed technology: how can technology solve problems for users and for humanity as a whole?
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: tooki on January 10, 2021, 01:36:02 am ---
--- Quote from: tom66 on January 08, 2021, 11:02:59 pm ---Musk has teams of talented engineers, but the guy himself is a visionary and a bit of an asshole. I think it's a lot of credit, more than deserved, to say that Musk is a genius. Steve Jobs was a similar type of person. Visionary and very motivational, although he was more art-oriented. He didn't design the iPhone though, as others often say, instead his engineers did. They are the ones who should get the most credit.
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At least Steve Jobs really did have a deep understanding of usability (which is why IMHO Apple’s usability has suffered since Jobs’ passing), and while he wasn’t an engineer, by all accounts he did know a lot more about the underlying technology than a lot of people give him credit for. Yes, he absolutely brought the arts/humanities angle to Apple, but it was simply the lens through which he viewed technology: how can technology solve problems for users and for humanity as a whole?
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Yes, I agree with this. As far as I can tell, and whatever one may think of Steve Jobs, my view is all he had in mind was to release products that would make people's life better in some way. And with a touch of class. That's how he saw technology. I can't think of a single Apple product that wasn't designed with that goal in mind actually. I can't think of a single Apple product that was just a gratuitous display of technology.
Elon Musk has a completely different mindset. Contrary to Steve Jobs, he seems to promote technology just for the sake of it, while only moderately, if at all, thinking about the consequences. He also clearly has a mindset tied to politics, whereas Steve Jobs, again as far as I can tell, absolutely didn't. This has multiple consequences. Musk's companies have been heavily subsidized, directly and indirectly. The amounts are gigantic.
wraper:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on January 10, 2021, 02:22:23 am ---Musk's companies have been heavily subsidized, directly and indirectly. The amounts are gigantic.
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You don't know what you are talking about and how subsidies Tesla received compare to other car manufacturers. As of tax deductions for EV buyers, Tesla was against it for a long time since it negatively affects their competitiveness towards other EV manufacturers.
coppercone2:
you know in terms of subsidies I wanna know why the hell Amazon even has a R&D subsidy, its a fucking ware house. Its like saying "i need goverment money to figure out my business logistics and management problems' under the guise of 'science'. It makes me suspicious of businesses receiving subsidies. Its probobly a bunch of BS laden with loop holes.
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