“People will die because of this,” he said, implying that Mamdani’s pick was a DEI hire.

“People will die because of this,” he said, implying that Mamdani’s pick was a DEI hire.

Elon Musk took to his social media site on Friday to decry New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick to lead the city’s fire department, claiming that she couldn’t do the job.

The commissioner-to-be, Lillian Bonsignore, is a 31-year FDNY veteran who led the department’s emergency medical services during the Covid-19 pandemic. She will be the second woman to hold the position and the first openly gay person to lead the department.

That was enough for Musk to weigh in. “People will die because of this,” he wrote, adding, “Proven experience matters when lives are at stake.”

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    24·
    10 hours ago

    Remember Elon Musk knows more about production than probably anybody else on this planet. /s

    Which is probably the reason that in Denmark 30% of his cars fail their first mandatory security check at 4 years. And in Germany 17% fail their first check at 2 years. Previously unheard of bad results in both countries, even the cheapest cars are doing better!
    And his rockets keep failing. And his FSD is nowhere near working yet, and his demonstrations of his fully automated robots are shown again and again to actually be remote controlled.

    The guy is a megalomaniac, which some people confuse with being a genius because they are stupid.

    • thecaptaintrout@lemmy.zip
      41·
      8 hours ago

      Can confirm first hand the FSD is actually working decently, my musk-fanboy brother-in-law showed it off at Christmas. Kudos to the engineers involved, must be easier when muskrat is distracted so they can actually get work done. Still needs proper regulation and Musk out before I’d purchase one though.

      IIRC, Tesla and SpaceX had people dedicated to distracting/minding him so they could get actual work done. Can’t find source at moment, if anyone can link I’d appreciate it.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Just because you can drive a few kilometers in it doesn’t mean it works decently. Both FSD and Autopilot still have the stupid phantom breaking problem for no apparent reason. And that’s when driving on normal roads where there shouldn’t be any problems.
        FSD also has problems detecting some forms of curves with safety rails. These issues appear under normal conditions that would appear optimal.

        So don’t claim the shit works just because it has anecdotally worked for you and your brother in law, because Tesla FSD is still not approved for actual self driving, even under optimal conditions.
        And the reason it isn’t approved is that it doesn’t work well enough.

        IIRC, Tesla and SpaceX had people dedicated to distracting/minding him so they could get actual work done.

        LOL I wouldn’t be surprised. 😋