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The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The Tesla and xAI owner has posted about his laptop numerous times in the past year.

[...] However, Musk has posted pictures or referred to his laptop on X several times in recent months, and public evidence suggests that he owns and appears to use at least one computer. [...]


Archived: https://archive.is/5Bg9m

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago

All ridiculouness aside like him showing videos of him playing games, I was gonna be like, how do you suppose he sends emails or writes his posts on X?

But they counted his phone as something separate to a computer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

So, Elon, you said that you totally legit play PoE 2, but you also said you didn't use computers. So which is it?

Which is it, Elon?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

He doesn't use drugs either

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So many comments from people who, if they read the article, would realize that the article already said that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Time to plug into a WIRED subscription.

Woops, not reading this one. I'll go speculate in the comments with everybody else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Sorry, I forgot this was a thing with Wired articles (I don't read regularly enough for it to usually be a problem) - I'll add an archive link to the OP

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Fair enough. I just Reader Mode it.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meh, doesn’t use his brain either.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I bet he's got at least one, in a jar or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

hey leave us organ collectors out of this

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Disbar these lawyers. Disgraceful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well we all knew he wasn't the one playing the path of exile

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

He was using Neuralink and is playing with 1% of his brain capacity at all times. Trust.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Doesn't use his brain either.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So are we not doing perjury anymore?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

In America, perjury is inversely proportional to your financial value.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can't tweet without a computer. It may be a mobile one, but even that is a computer. This is a stupid claim which could only fool an idiot.

So depending on the judge, we'll just see what happens...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A particularly fancy drainage pipe is a computer. I think its reasonable to make the distinction that a phone /= computer for the sake of normal definitions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

At which point does it become a computer? Raspberry is smaller than a phone. Steam deck feels like a phone, but runs linux. My old PDA that looks like a smartphone is definitely by definition a pocket computer. If I can make calls with my PC, is it by definition my phone?

How many batteries do you need to push into a power bank for it to be defined as a power station? I'll shut up now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Most people draw a distinction between a phone/tablet vs a desktop/laptop. It's not a distinction that can be easily defined, but most people instinctively categorize them as such.

But regardless, the issue at hand has nothing to do with that definition. The discovery process requires them to process any applicable devices that might have info, potentially including all of the above (and more). His team said they already did his phone, but that the laptop in question is not used by him. His opponents say that he has not complied with the requirements of discovery.

The judge will rule on whether that laptop is included in the discovery order.

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

I am shocked I tell you, shocked. Well, not that shocked.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Didnt he have a big thing about getting bigger monitors in the white house so he could game?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A liar's lying lawyers lying? Inconceivable!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

The lawyers are taking a big risk to their licenses for lying to the court.

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