OOPS wrong thread!.
Basically Elon told the engineers at Twitter there was no need for THREE server farms. They consume humongous amounts of power.
Engineers said there was.
Elon told them to disconnect the ones in Sacramento.
They said it would take six months.
Elon said you can do it in six weeks.
They said they couldn’t.
He said you can do it six days.
They said it was impossible.
Elon said you’re fired. Two days before Christmas.
Elon and his two cousins (who are engineers themselves) Fly home to Austin for Christmas.
On the way one cousin says to Elon, “Why don’t we disconnect the server ourselves?”
Elon orders the pilot to turn the plane around and fly to Sacremento.
They drive to the server farm and identify themselves to the security guard who is astounded.
They then attempt to get into the building that is locked and the guard doesn’t have a key.
He ask his private bodyguard if he has a pocket knife which he does and hands it to Elon.
Elon finds the data cables to the servers and cuts them and the server farm is disconnected...................
Twitter/X is running just fine with only 20% of it former staff............
What a GREAT story!
Oh, thank you for the details and for the thread. Enjoyed it so much.
Whoa - Grrreat story.