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[–] Snapz 1 points 3 minutes ago

They are feeding all communications from devices into AI right now, both a massive security breach and they are calculating and creating an enemies list. Watch.

[–] captainlezbian 4 points 1 hour ago

Did he at least get an A in civics a few months ago? /s

[–] DarkFuture 8 points 3 hours ago

The Republican party was the best thing to ever happen to America's enemies.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Holy shit, I had to check whether this was the onion or not on this one.

I susppect that billionaires prefer young people in certain roles because many young people lack the experience to recognize evil instructions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Young people are often easier to mold and manipulate. It makes sense.

[–] TK420 15 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Same reason why religion is pushed on children.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 hours ago

Same reason why they won't hire smart cops.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I know I've wanted younger people in government, but I was hoping for people in their 30's or 40's. These kids can't even rent a car legally. I've got a feeling that they're just puppets.

[–] JDPoZ 8 points 5 hours ago
[–] ivanafterall 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking as a former puppet: all of Capitol Hill/much of D.C. is run by 20-somethings like this, precisely because they're easy to manipulate.

[–] JDPoZ 5 points 4 hours ago

B/C 20-somethings are ideologically more malleable and essentially going through political puberty as they are becoming full-fledged adults. I remember I was still mostly parroting my parents' views at that age, and am glad I grew.

[–] Nurse_Robot 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You can rent a car at 18, at least in Colorado and California. I'm pretty sure it's everywhere though

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I was under the impression it was 25. We were both kinda wrong, though. Minimum age is 18, but that only exists in New York and Michigan. Everywhere else is 21. Anyone under 25 is expected to pay an additional cost per day that they have the vehicle. TIL

https://www.enterprise.com/en/help/faqs/car-rental-under-25.html

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago

25 is usually when you're not considered a high risk driver and your insurance rates are supposed to drop.

[–] givesomefucks 77 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

"One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online resume touts his work for Palantir," per Wired, while another "who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024." A copy of the latter's resume include his summer internship with Musk's Neuralink, alongside jobs as — we assure you that we are not joking — a camp counselor and bike mechanic.

Although both these tykes are ostensibly poised to rip and tear through America's federal agencies, Wired declined to name them "because of their ages" — a somewhat baffling choice given that both appear to be of legal age. (And if they're not, well, that's a much bigger problem.)

At least the 5th article shitting on wired for not naming them...

But no one else has the names besides Wired?

Like, I agree they should disclose the names, but I don't understand why no one else can find out who these "kids" are.

[–] Sabin10 37 points 9 hours ago

Most "news" sites don't partake in actual journalism, they just shit out news from other sites. It's kind of like the human centipede, it's all shit beyond a single, original source.

[–] Zirconium 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

How do I get myself into this position to ruin Musk's job?

[–] givesomefucks 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently he had an internship at neurolink?

With people like this you just have to get in their orbit and tell them what they want to hear.

Musk has always wanted children to think he's cool, and he weirdly does a good job of appealing to them. So I guess be as young as possible and tell him his a multi-talented genius and voice of his generation?

Just throw all your integrity out the window basically

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

It's the second time I heard about this internship under the post about the same article, and the more I hear about it, the darker my feelings grow about this first Musk's fuckup at calling a child rescuer a pedophile. This accusation is empty, yet it won't surprise anyone if he does that too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Suck his cock

[–] thejoker954 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They're trying to eat their cake and have it too.

[–] AtariDump 1 points 6 hours ago

Nice to see someone else who gets the saying right that didn’t hole up in a cabin in the woods.

[–] Dagnet 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

High school in the US goes up until you are 20? Or was he behind a couple of years

[–] givesomefucks 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

while another “who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024.

So two people.

In the quoted part it only gives the age of the 21 year old, and says when the 19 year old graduated.

Various articles are providing the same info in different ways about them.

[–] Dagnet 1 points 5 hours ago

I see, kinda confusing

[–] stankmut 7 points 7 hours ago

The 21 year old is a separate person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

I'll be in my bunker if you need me.

Bye now