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Elon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes (www.theregister.com)
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[–] tristan@aussie.zone 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot step 0... Have parents who own an emerald mine so you have money to play with and do what you want

[–] Dusty@lemmy.dustybeer.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was going to include that, however in my literal minute of searching him, I couldn't find a verified source. I will admit, I didn't try ~~very hard~~ at all so I may have just overlooked it.

But yes, he needs step 0 as well!

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Does Elon Musk count as a verified source?

JC: How do you handle fear?
EM: Company death – not succeeding with the company – causes me a lot more stress than physical danger. But I’ve been in physical danger before. The funny thing is I’ve not actually been that nervous. In South Africa, my father had a private plane we’d fly in incredibly dangerous weather and barely make it back. This is going to sound slightly crazy, but my father also had a share in an Emerald mine in Zambia. I was 15 and really wanted to go with him but didn’t realize how dangerous it was. I couldn’t find my passport so I ended up grabbing my brother’s – which turned out to be six months overdue! So we had this planeload of contraband and an overdue passport from another person. There were AK-47s all over the place and I’m thinking, “Man, this could really go bad.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20140729222547/http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2014/07/28/elon-musk-tells-me-his-secret-of-success-hint-it-aint-about-the-money/