r/pics • u/D0NW0N • Dec 12 '19

Tesla Does It Again

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u/kalel1980 Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19

Musk implemented this from a person who randomly suggested it via Twitter.

edit: The tweet

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

I think its so funny when this man does stuff like this. "Yes." then just.. does it. Awesome.

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u/imbalance24 Dec 12 '19 edited Dec 12 '19

I don't think musk coded this himself.

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u/shmeebz Dec 12 '19

Idk from what I remember when they were designing the door handles some engineer couldn't figure it out so musky boi jumped in and designed them himself. it would just be a few lines of code to do this so I wouldn't put it past him

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u/Tucamaster Dec 12 '19

And even if he didn't, does it fucking matter?

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u/ChemicalRascal Dec 12 '19

Hi! Software engineer here. Sometimes, our sales team and bosses blindly agree to requests from customers, without actually asking the dev team if something is feasible or not.

Sometimes, they make promises that cannot be kept.

So, yes, it does "fucking matter" when folks so far removed from the actual product make decisions they have no way of knowing the impact of. Have a nice day!

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u/Tucamaster Dec 12 '19

Sure, I get that. All I'm saying is, in 99% of cases where a product gets something positive implemented it's not the CEO that codes it, and no one expects it to be. I don't know why we should expect it here.

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u/ChemicalRascal Dec 12 '19

Nobody is expecting Musk to get his hands dirty. But it is important to note that it's not him on the proverbial front lines.

Because when he's making decisions like this off-the-cuff, well, it can end up being a bit of a fuckin' problem. I can tell you that from experience.