# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 474
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9496 "2024-04-10T22:28:29Z")
At least do an anchored whole-string search and replace, not any partial substring anywhere in any context. Jeeze! ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9497 "2024-04-11T16:25:45Z")
You’ve demonstrated more competance as a developer in this one sentence than Musk has ever done in his life. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9498 "2024-04-11T18:43:48Z")
It’s really bad when a regex is a better idea than anything you thought of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9499 "2024-04-11T20:37:20Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > My mind should no longer be boggled by the stupidity, but… no. Alas. > > I worked for a major local satellite broadcasting company, in software - not quite related but we had a short URL for redirects. We have 11 official languages, each with their fair share of swear words. One of our top devs worked how (via a dictionary; it was in memory and cached, so fast) to avoid all swear words in the randomly supplied paths in the URL. > > I mean, shit, he was starting to tell us what he had done and the very first thing I asked was “can this filter swear words, so it won’t hurt our company?” > > I’m probably not a Twitter level employee, but this seems to be a spectacular example of what happens when you lose most of your seniors, midrange, and rely on the remaining juniors who have no mentorship. > > Like seriously, I am not even a particularly good software engineer. But that kind of hack is precisely what I would be looking for when testing. > > I don’t think `regex` replace is the ideal way to approach the (dumb) plan, how about DNS, Musk? Well, wouldn’t you know it, but there was an era in my life where I was leaning heavily on **TRANSEX** (the fist made all the difference to me) link IS safe for work, but spoilered for an added layer of suspense 😉 [This text will be blurred](https://materiales.transarad.cl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CEM-S42.5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9500 "2024-04-11T23:55:19Z")
And is anyone surprised that the people who think they’re going to be an “everything app” can’t even handle a regex? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9501 "2024-04-12T00:07:19Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > My mind should no longer be boggled by the stupidity, but… no. Alas. You take 2d4 points of psychic [dawizard](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/s82mi4/til_that_in_1994_tsr_published_the_encyclopedia/). ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9502 "2024-04-12T00:07:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > At least do an anchored whole-string search and replace, not any partial substring anywhere in any context. Jeeze! But how could this have happened? When Elmo fired most of the Twitter programmers, didn’t he use his awesome skillz to retain only the very best top performers and fire all the rest? Didn’t he insist that they send him examples of their code so he could personally evaluate their brilliance from code samples? Are you suggesting that there may have been something less than perfect with this strategy? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9503 "2024-04-12T00:17:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Didn’t he insist that they send him examples of their code so he could personally evaluate their brilliance from code samples? My absolute favorite part of this is he had them print them out on actual paper. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9504 "2024-04-12T16:49:54Z")
Still one of my favourite XKCDs even though I haven’t touched Perl in 20 years. > **[Perl Problems](https://xkcd.com/1171/)** > > To generate #1 albums, 'jay --help' recommends the -z flag. _Pours one out for the late ColdBrew50, the Dope’s biggest XKCD fan._ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9505 "2024-04-13T05:29:13Z")
A DC judge has shut down Elmo’s SLAPP-by-proxy against Media Matters. > **[Judge Halts Texas AG's Probe Into Media Matters](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ken-paxton-media-matters-texas-judge-halts-probe-1235004013/)** > > A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking Ken Paxton’s request for internal documents in response to Media Matters’ reporting on X. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9506 "2024-04-13T05:40:59Z")
I propose that when rich assholes file frivolous lawsuits like that against individuals or organizations just because they don’t like them, the assholes should be assessed fines proportionate to the wealth that enabled this frivolous abuse of the legal system in the first place. So Elmo should be fined maybe around $10 billion in each such case. Not only would that eventually slow him down, but think of what that money could do when applied to public education, health care, public services, and community improvements! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9507 "2024-04-13T11:17:34Z")
Irony: [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK_pH9JW4AAfpEc?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK_pH9JW4AAfpEc?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9508 "2024-04-13T11:24:22Z")
So she is "X"ing out free speech? That’s the message I’m getting. Sigh, I supposed the pay and self- medicating drugs are sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9509 "2024-04-13T17:20:55Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > On a perhaps related note, I was approved to be a community notes creator more than a month ago, but the promised tools to actually do it have not been afforded to me yet. To my delight, today they approved me today as a Community Notes writer, and for the first time I can see the sausage being made. And oh what sausage it is! Every note seems to have contra-notes hanging from it like ticks, many of them lacking citations or even linear thought (all of which can be rated). This should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9510 "2024-04-14T19:20:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > At least do an anchored whole-string search and replace, not any partial substring anywhere in any context. Jeeze! A clbuttic mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9511 "2024-04-15T13:55:18Z")
Oof. As much as I dislike Musk, I hate to see layoffs anywhere. And these are huge. > **[Tesla lays off 'more than 10%' of its global workforce](https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/)** > > The layoffs were announced in a company-wide email, after rumors they could reach as high as 20% of Tesla's ~140,000 global headcount. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9512 "2024-04-15T14:15:50Z")
> [@Tierce](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > At least do an anchored whole-string search and replace, not any partial substring anywhere in any context. Jeeze! > > A clbuttic mistake. Bravo! I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9513 "2024-04-21T03:03:24Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9514 "2024-04-21T07:04:12Z")
Clearly fake news. Elmo said antisemitism was caused by the Jews, and he’s a smart man who spent $44 billion to buy a social media platform to demonstrate his free speech absolutism so he must be right. He’s also protecting humanity from the danger of runaway AIs doing things like manufacturing fake news. And he saved us from a nuclear apocalypse. On top of all of that, he put a man on Mars by 2021 and is colonizing and terraforming it right now. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9515 "2024-04-21T11:20:44Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > … he put a man on Mars by 2021 and is colonizing and terraforming it right now. I expect an edict from Elmo next week that henceforth it shall be called Muskaforming® and the use of any other term to describe the Glorious Improvement of Mars will be subjected to the free speech absolutism of being absolutely deleted before being seen by anyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=475)