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27 minutes ago, Nivek said:


Dell did such a great job outsourcing all the materials and construction to ASUS that they built their own computers and took his business away from him.

 

He also makes a huge mistake in logic. He wasn't an EXPERT at 19. He knew something very well, but calling him an expert is a big stretch.

More proof these guys LUCKED into riches, they didn't make it based on any sort of expertise or skill.

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2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

 

He also makes a huge mistake in logic. He wasn't an EXPERT at 19. He knew something very well, but calling him an expert is a big stretch.

More proof these guys LUCKED into riches, they didn't make it based on any sort of expertise or skill.

Yeah, the analogy would (maybe) hold if the DOGE kids were currently auditing the Pecos County Commissioner's office.

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43 minutes ago, Nivek said:


Dell did such a great job outsourcing all the materials and construction to ASUS that they built their own computers and took his business away from him.

Dell wouldn't have been shit without the leadership and guidance of Mort Topfer in particular, but also Lee Walker and Kevin Rollins. Now Michael the cunt thinks it was all him. Typical of him though. AND, countless people have saved DELL INC from Michael over the years by talking him out of some incredibly stupid bullshit. Now he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. 

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27 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Dell wouldn't have been shit without the leadership and guidance of Mort Topfer in particular, but also Lee Walker and Kevin Rollins. Now Michael the cunt thinks it was all him. Typical of him though. AND, countless people have saved DELL INC from Michael over the years by talking him out of some incredibly stupid bullshit. Now he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. 

I was going to bring up Dell printers.  Was that Michael's brain child?

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10 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

I was going to bring up Dell printers.  Was that Michael's brain child?

Do they have Dell branded printers now? They used to just be re-sellers.

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1 hour ago, Nivek said:


Dell did such a great job outsourcing all the materials and construction to ASUS that they built their own computers and took his business away from him.

I loved my ASUS 17 inch laptop. It was a beast. I have hated every dell I have worked on.

Cheap plastic, feel flimsy, etc.

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From the Aussie article. Good on ya, David. (although technically it should say "before i realized Elon is" rather than "became")

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I keep my cars as long as possible (my personal car is a 21 year old 4Runner with 225k miles and only the second car I’ve ever owned) and my wife’s Model 3 is a 2018 model (first year available, before Elon went completely batshit) that is paid off and I plan on keeping at least another 10 years if possible. So yeah, I’m going to keep it. And it’s a great car. But fuck that guy. The richest man in the world doesn’t care about my one car. 

Very similar situation here. I had a 4Runner that was 19 years old before replacing it with a new 4Runner that I currently drive. Wife had a 4Runner that was 14 years old before replacing it with a Tesla Model Y, which was the best EV option we could find at the time of purchase in 2021.

Due to Elon’s bullshit, I would very much like to replace her Model Y with a Rivian or other non-Tesla EV, but we are also considering moving houses in the near future, so that’s the financial priority. Switching her car now would be a dumb financial decision, but it is definitely on our list of things to do.

There is no way in hell I would buy a Tesla now.
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7 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:


Very similar situation here. I had a 4Runner that was 19 years old before replacing it with a new 4Runner that I currently drive. Wife had a 4Runner that was 14 years old before replacing it with a Tesla Model Y, which was the best EV option we could find at the time of purchase in 2021.

Due to Elon’s bullshit, I would very much like to replace her Model Y with a Rivian or other non-Tesla EV, but we are also considering moving houses in the near future, so that’s the financial priority. Switching her car now would be a dumb financial decision, but it is definitely on our list of things to do.

There is no way in hell I would buy a Tesla now.

At least put a sticker on it.

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The sickening thing about Elon is how ubiquitous he’s made himself in all of our lives.  Back when Gates or Bezos or whoever was the richest person in the world, you could go days or weeks without thinking of them; you could use a Microsoft system without making a political-social statement.  
 

Dipshit tweeted this today.  The lower Laguna Madre and the island, my favorite place in the world, and now Elon looms over it like the eye of Sauron. Disgusting. 
 

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4 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

 

He also makes a huge mistake in logic. He wasn't an EXPERT at 19. He knew something very well, but calling him an expert is a big stretch.

More proof these guys LUCKED into riches, they didn't make it based on any sort of expertise or skill.

That was kind of the point.  He didn't know what he didn't know and didn't have the experience our assistance to see this could happen to his company.   

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1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The sickening thing about Elon is how ubiquitous he’s made himself in all of our lives.  Back when Gates or Bezos or whoever was the richest person in the world, you could go days or weeks without thinking of them; you could use a Microsoft system without making a political-social statement.  
 

Dipshit tweeted this today.  The lower Laguna Madre and the island, my favorite place in the world, and now Elon looms over it like the eye of Sauron. Disgusting. 
 

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That is the Authoritarian playbook.  Have statues/picture everywhere or dominate the NEWS feeds with your crap.   This type of shit really feeds the minds of those who want political reality TV 247, but probably complained about reality TV.  

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9 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The sickening thing about Elon is how ubiquitous he’s made himself in all of our lives.  Back when Gates or Bezos or whoever was the richest person in the world, you could go days or weeks without thinking of them; you could use a Microsoft system without making a political-social statement.  
 

Dipshit tweeted this today.  The lower Laguna Madre and the island, my favorite place in the world, and now Elon looms over it like the eye of Sauron. Disgusting. 
 

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Elon has many of the Texas RGV state legislators in his pocket from both sides of the aisle. He has free rein to do whatever he wants down there without any pushback. A few of those state reps are proud Cybertruck owners so you can’t really trust their decision making skills. 

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3 hours ago, NoName said:

Celebrating 1700 people losing their jobs is abhorrent. 

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3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


Celebrating the unfettered freedom of billionaires to rip everyone off is perhaps worse.

 

THIS. Fuck them all to hell.

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On 2/8/2025 at 4:27 PM, Chopper said:

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Ketamine treatment was one of 3-4 things that I did to heal from long covid. I hope it gets more traction, it’s an absolute mental health game changer.

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7 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

At least put a sticker on it.

Bad idea. The trumpers will come after you with aggression and unsafe behavior. 3x for us. 

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3 hours ago, NoName said:

Celebrating 1700 people losing their jobs is abhorrent. 

We got posters here celebrating people getting bullets in the back of their head before breakfast. So maybe calibrate your expectations. 

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haha well it just dawned on me (cuz i read something that reminded me), it's not 'people', it was one guy, assuming the reference is to the healthcare ceo... and it was more like 

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and it was def more than surly posters lol

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2 hours ago, troph said:

Ketamine treatment was one of 3-4 things that I did to heal from long covid. I hope it gets more traction, it’s an absolute mental health game changer.

Zero evidence that it treats long covid, but substantial benefit for other mental health disorders and particular treatment resistant depression. 

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16 hours ago, Chopper said:

Dell wouldn't have been shit without the leadership and guidance of Mort Topfer in particular, but also Lee Walker and Kevin Rollins. Now Michael the cunt thinks it was all him. Typical of him though. AND, countless people have saved DELL INC from Michael over the years by talking him out of some incredibly stupid bullshit. Now he thinks he's smarter than everyone else. 

I've been building my own computers for the past 20 years or there about.  Dell's premade computers were always a scam, IMHO.  But their monitors were legit.  Had one that lasted me a decade plus.  Yeah, that's not a thing anymore.  I don't know how they're still in business unless it's like an AOL deal where people stuck in the past continue to get raked over the coals by them. 

To explain how shitty Dell is, on their computers they actually fab their own shit-tier parts and stick them in the computer.  So when (not if) that part inevitably goes bad you can't just swap it out and have the computer continue to work.  You'd have to go back to Dell to get them to work on it.  This guy got to be a billionaire not by being brilliant but the same way almost every other billionaire got there.  By being a cunt and fucking people over.

 

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6 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Zero evidence that it treats long covid, but substantial benefit for other mental health disorders and particular treatment resistant depression. 

Long covid isn’t a singular condition. Severe depression and anxiety are symptoms of long covid.

I’ve been explicit elsewhere about my journey including mental health struggles from long covid. Now crawl back in your hole. 

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1 hour ago, troph said:

Long covid isn’t a singular condition. Severe depression and anxiety are symptoms of long covid.

I’ve been explicit elsewhere about my journey including mental health struggles from long covid. Now crawl back in your hole. 

A decent thoughtful person might respond: Apologies, Troph. I misunderstood and made a hasty assumption. I'm glad you're better and the ketamine helped.

Something tells me Anastasis will do otherwise. 

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16 minutes ago, Bojack said:

A decent thoughtful person might respond: Apologies, Troph. I misunderstood and made a hasty assumption. I'm glad you're better and the ketamine helped.

Something tells me Anastasis will do otherwise. 

I wouldn’t snap at him at all except that he knows why I had K treatments and the guy and people like him are at the top of the list for why my people are being erased as we speak. I have no tolerance for him. None. 

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18 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

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Off topic but how are insurance companies pricing comprehensive coverage for teslas in FSD mode? Taking your hands off the wheel would seem to me that you’re invalidating your coverage. There should be a reasonable expectation by the insurance companies that you are in fact controlling your vehicle.

as a non-Tesla driver, I don’t want my rates to go up covering this crap.

 

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4 hours ago, SpiralOut said:

I've been building my own computers for the past 20 years or there about.  Dell's premade computers were always a scam, IMHO.  But their monitors were legit.  Had one that lasted me a decade plus.  Yeah, that's not a thing anymore.  I don't know how they're still in business unless it's like an AOL deal where people stuck in the past continue to get raked over the coals by them. 

To explain how shitty Dell is, on their computers they actually fab their own shit-tier parts and stick them in the computer.  So when (not if) that part inevitably goes bad you can't just swap it out and have the computer continue to work.  You'd have to go back to Dell to get them to work on it.  This guy got to be a billionaire not by being brilliant but the same way almost every other billionaire got there.  By being a cunt and fucking people over.

 

Betty in purchasing can explain it to you. Corporate America loves Dell.

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2 hours ago, troph said:

Long covid isn’t a singular condition. Severe depression and anxiety are symptoms of long covid.

I’ve been explicit elsewhere about my journey including mental health struggles from long covid. Now crawl back in your hole. 

I "liked" rep the post, because many are not aware of the legit psychiatric treatment uses of Ketamine. I've followed along with your posts and have like and posted some thoughts, re: anxiety treatments IIRC, in that thread as well.

I well understand what the syndrome described as long covid is. I appreciate the mental health treatment potential of ketamine for certain individuals with serious and unremitting mental illness. I also think that it is important that as a treatment it is appropriately applied. That's why I liked your post regarding it's mental health benefits, but felt necessary to point out that as a treatment for long covid there is just not an evidence base. Replace "ketamine" with "ivermectin" or "HCQ" in this exchange and maybe this is more clear. I do acknowledge that my post could have used some more framing to help alleviate perceptions around the tone.  

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