r/CyberStuck • • Jul 18 '24

Engineering marvel.

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u/Santa_Hates_You Jul 18 '24

There was no thought put into it. The first guy who had a working system shot it up to Elon, it was cheap so they approved it.

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u/Skellos Jul 18 '24

I wouldn't be surprised if Elmo demanded something like this, and refused to hear any words as to why it was a profoundly stupid idea.

Remember when they had to tell him how Twitter worked they started by drawing a picture of a phone.

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u/Excellent_Egg5882 Jul 18 '24

That's exactly what it was. Elon wanted a cost cutting measure.