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NPR temporarily stopped it's twitter accounts in a "state-media" beef with Elon Musk

While SSDs have faster access than HDDs, they have a limited number of read/write cycles. Life expectancy is shorter than a good HDD.
 
frankberry said:
While SSDs have faster access than HDDs, they have a limited number of read/write cycles. Life expectancy is shorter than a good HDD.
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Yes, but given the average lifespan of a PC and the fact that the reads and writes that come with average usage of said PC come nowhere close to the MTBF of SSDs, the difference actually doesn't matter too much in practice.

The main thing that bothers me is that I don't think information can be easily recovered from a failed SSD (the information is effectively lost), whereas a mechanical drive with a failed head or motor mechanism can simply have its platter(s) transferred to a working unit (the information is still mostly intact).
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They still make lots of mechanical drives. The most advanced SSDs, though, are coming from China.

And if you go outside the US, it is more extreme. One of my daughters was in Chile recently and chanced to see the annual new car exhibit at one of the huge malls. Of about 75 cars on display, over 65 were from China and none from the US.
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China is considered the 2nd largest economy after the US for a reason!

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frankberry said:
While SSDs have faster access than HDDs, they have a limited number of read/write cycles. Life expectancy is shorter than a good HDD.
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The good thing with SSDs is that one has access to data on them about remaining un-exhausted capacity which allows for planned replacement on a timely basis.
 
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Hopefully she will bring some stability to the platform.

There are reports that the blue checks have returned.
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She may indeed bring some financial stability for a time, but ultimately Elon can't help himself from creating public spats and culture war battles.
 
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She may indeed bring some financial stability for a time, but ultimately Elon can't help himself from creating public spats and culture war battles.
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I think what they'll discover is that the two are related. You can't have the kind of talk Elon wants without creating an atmosphere that is not what would be considered a "good environment for sales." That's why twitter tried to stop it under previous ownership.
 
TheBigA said:
I think what they'll discover is that the two are related. You can't have the kind of talk Elon wants without creating an atmosphere that is not what would be considered a "good environment for sales." That's why twitter tried to stop it under previous ownership.
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People moaning all over it :"she's going to bring back censorship!". They aren't going to be happy if they can't say the N word and harrass people. That of course isn't good for sales
 
gr8oldies said:
People moaning all over it :"she's going to bring back censorship!". They aren't going to be happy if they can't say the N word and harrass people. That of course isn't good for sales
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Well, four days ago Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality left. Shortly after, Twitter's head of content moderation left over a issue with the way Elon wants Twitter to allow bashing of LGBTQ people on the site.

It's going to be difficult to lure advertisers back, when the company can't seem to decide whether it's going to become another Truth Social, 4Chan, or a safe, welcoming, social media outlet.
 
Kelly A said:
It's going to be difficult to lure advertisers back, when the company can't seem to decide whether it's going to become another Truth Social, 4Chan, or a safe, welcoming, social media outlet.
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...And that can change daily or even hourly, depending on the whims and mood of Mr. Musk and whom he wishes to favor or pander to or fight with on a given day.
 
Mikey Radio said:
...And that can change daily or even hourly, depending on the whims and mood of Mr. Musk and whom he wishes to favor or pander to or fight with on a given day.
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C'mon Palmolive, why wouldn't you want your brand next to MAGAMAGAWhiteIsRightbunchonumbers and JesusHatesDemocrats999?
 
My wife's Prius just passed the decade mark, and she's starting to think about a more modern car with more current safety features, and maybe a bit better fuel economy (though the current one's not bad). A year ago, we would be candidates for a Tesla Model 3. Today you couldn't bribe us enough to test drive a Muskmobile, much less sign a sales contract. That's the key downside of being a superrich, superarrogant superdick.
 
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My wife's Prius just passed the decade mark, and she's starting to think about a more modern car with more current safety features, and maybe a bit better fuel economy (though the current one's not bad). A year ago, we would be candidates for a Tesla Model 3. Today you couldn't bribe us enough to test drive a Muskmobile, much less sign a sales contract. That's the key downside of being a superrich, superarrogant superdick.
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Just heard on the radio today, that world wide Q1 the Tesla Model Y sales have exceeded Toyota's hottest selling models like Corolla:
 


Reuters wins the Polk Awards for their coverage on Elon Musk Business operations. This is the news outlet that covered and investigated all of Elon Musk's operations the most. This is while Elon Musk was ranting in public to go after NPR without evidence when Reuters and AP investigated him directly over all the lawsuits Musk himself and allies were in.

The staff of Reuters has received a George Polk Award for its coverage of how Elon Musk’s manufacturing operations harmed consumers, workers and laboratory animals.
The prestigious Polk Awards, presented by Long Island University in the United States, honor special achievement in journalism, with a particular focus on investigative reporting in the public interest.
A global team of Reuters journalists was honored in the business reporting category for reports about Musk companies SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab and Neuralink.

The series of scoops and investigations exposed a mounting toll of worker injuries and one death at rocket builder SpaceX and mistreatment of laboratory animals at Neuralink, Musk’s brain-implant company. Other stories found that Tesla, the electric-car pioneer, covered up dangerous defects in steering and suspension parts; rigged its cars’ in-dash driving-range estimates; invaded drivers’ privacy by sharing sensitive images recorded by their vehicles; and made Tesla Insurance customers wait months for claim payouts.
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Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover in 2022

A judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink moves legal home to Nevada after Delaware judge invalidates his Tesla pay deal

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has moved its legal corporate home from Delaware to Nevada.
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Musk pushes forward on transfer of legal home for SpaceX from Delaware, to Texas

Elon Musk is looking to move the legal home of SpaceX to Texas from Delaware after a judge in that state voided the billionaire’s $55.8 billion Tesla pay package.
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Musk wants Tesla investors to vote on switching the carmaker's corporate registration to Texas

Elon Musk wants Tesla investors to decide on moving the company’s corporate listing to Texas after a Delaware court decided he shouldn’t get a multibillion-dollar pay package.
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