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[–] 11 points 10 months ago* (7 children)

Grok is old programmer slang for 'understanding.' It's a shame Elon has subverted such a great piece of linguistic history

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Grok is from the book Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. It means to understand something so fully you can control it. In the book the main character is raised by Martians which teach him a form of meditation that involves grokking things so he essentially has magical powers over things he understands.

    I doubt Elon has read it. He definitely missed the part about understanding things and is rushing for the controlling things.

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  • [+] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Hey now. Despite everything, Edison was an actual inventor and actually a self-made man. Musk doesn't have shit on Edison.

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  • [+] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Edison was a problematic person to say the least, but he was an inventor and he did not come from wealth. I think that nowadays it's pretty much known that he was an asshole that attached his name to inventions that he had very little to do with, but at least he did contribute some things. Elon Musk is a con-man through and through.

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