There’s a platform called PlainSite that’s been a relentless critic of Musk and Tesla, and which has continually posted legal documents, texts, etc., mainly in aid of trying to prove that Musk is guilty of various forms of fraud.
They asked Penn about this, and surprisingly got an affirmative response.
So it’s clear that the physics degree was awarded, though there is still an open question why it took two years after he left. Musk has said there was some coursework he had to get recognized and it took a while to get around to it, but who knows.
Many liberal arts schools offer a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Physics, and some schools offer both with the difference being that the B.A. tends to be a broader base of ‘classics’ while the B.S. is more technically focused. In neither case are they generally considered a terminal degree, as you will only have an introductory coverage of ‘modern’ physics (General Relativity, quantum mechanics) or any research concentrations like astrophysics, solid state physics, or plasma/high energy physics at the bachelor’s level. About the only thing a BS or BA in Physics qualifies you to do is teach high school or apply to graduate school.
…in latest news: as a result of his latest poll, Elon Musk has declared that from next week there will be an amnesty for practically all currently-banned accounts: in other words, next week the nazis come back.
Just checked the people following me on my account and the last 50 followers are all bots. Every single one. Some of the more prolific NZ posters are getting hundreds of new bot followers every hour. Increasing numbers of people I follow have either left or made their accounts private.
Insofar as Elon ever had plan, unbanning unrepentant trolls was always a part of it. This is the least surprising ‘development’ of this entire Fiasco. Imagine spending billions of your own fortune (and many more of investors who are relying on your purported speculative genius) to un-permaban Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the MyPillow Guy, and Jordan Petersen.
…I don’t think its panic. He’s been friendly with the alt-right for a while now. Its the only people he is engaging with on Twitter at the moment. He’s turning Twitter into exactly what he wants it to be.
“Why aren’t advertisers paying me any more? I tried threatening them, I tried lying to them, I tried being a white supremacist, and NOTHING is working!”
Musk doesn’t seem to get a couple of basic facts about more modern thinking about writing code
All the code I personally write, is not “my” code, it is my team’s code, because it goes through a review process. I don’t “own the code”, my team does.
Much of what I write is refactoring or altering someone else’s code, again, I make no claim of ownership because my team takes ownership when it passes code review.
You’re only thinking three dimensionally; he’s going to fire everyone retroactively and demand their salaries back, and then fire future employees and demand they pay him.