Elon Musk and Pedo Cave Rescuer Claim.

[alfaman]

Nanook said:

Zoon said:

Or south pole, there is no correct answer. I think there are an infinite number of answers.

What?

Go outside and try it, anywhere other than the north pole, and see if you end up in the same place when you're finished.

Anywhere that is 1.15 miles north of South Pole gets you back to same point... you basically walk South then do a 1 mile loop round the South Pole ... then back North on the same path.

[wc98]

Gameface said:

Not exactly true. He told a billionaire to stick his invention up his arse.

Billionaires are in a position not to be spoken to like that, if so inclined...

how so ? they may react differently to non billionaires after an insult, but being in possession of lots of money is no barrier to being insulted. apparently unsworth will be taking legal advice when he returns to the uk.

[anonymous-user]

alfaman said:

Nanook said:

Zoon said:

Or south pole, there is no correct answer. I think there are an infinite number of answers.

What?

Go outside and try it, anywhere other than the north pole, and see if you end up in the same place when you're finished.

Anywhere that is 1.15 miles north of South Pole gets you back to same point... you basically walk South then do a 1 mile loop round the South Pole ... then back North on the same path.

The point is that it’s an irrelevant riddle and it’s a trivial thing to use in an interview.

Does anyone think that Musk figured out the answer himself, from scratch? I very much doubt it; he was probably asked it by a sad old uncle, like most of us where, along with the missing £3 in the restaurant riddle and the hundreds of other childish distractions.

[NDA]

El stovey said:

Pretty grubby and disappointing business from Musk.

I’m generally a fan of his work, space x, hyperloop etc. I don’t really know what he’s like as a person. Saying that about the diver is disgusting.

The diver now will likely have people trying to dig up facts about his past and life in Thailand. Even if he doesn’t try to sue Musk, he’s going to end up getting dragged through it, through no fault of his own.

I agree.

I suspect he's alienated a lot of people. Me included.

[otolith]

REALIST123 said:

The point is that it’s an irrelevant riddle and it’s a trivial thing to use in an interview.

Does anyone think that Musk figured out the answer himself, from scratch? I very much doubt it; he was probably asked it by a sad old uncle, like most of us where, along with the missing £3 in the restaurant riddle and the hundreds of other childish distractions.

I think the point of asking it is that it has one very obvious answer and another which requires seeing the problem another way.

He probably needs a new one by now!

[Digga]

Nanook said:

Zoon said:

Or south pole, there is no correct answer. I think there are an infinite number of answers.

What?

Go outside and try it, anywhere other than the north pole, and see if you end up in the same place when you're finished.

^This, like Henners said, the only place the directions 'work' is on the North pole.

[RobDickinson]

How do you walk south from the south pole?

[Digga]

RobDickinson said:

How do you walk south from the south pole?

My thoughts too.

[alfaman]

RobDickinson said:

How do you walk south from the south pole?

start a mile and a bit north of the south pole ... as long as you are ( 1 + x ) miles north of the pole

where x = 1/(2 x Pi x N )

N = an integer

you would do loops around the South Pole then back North along the same track

[Cold]

Is some dumb riddle really the important aspect of this thread? Wherever you are you'll still be too close to Musk's ego.

[IanCress]

There's a lone child at the North Pole. He's trying to explain that whatever direction he tells Unsworth to walk in, he always ends up next to the child.

Or something.

[WestyCarl]

A few posts about by some weird interview question and this story has already fallen off the front page of most news sites.

It'll be long forgotten (by most people) next week and I doubt the chap that was insulted will actually sue for libel. If he does I guess some pocket change form Musk and a gagging order will be all that's needed.

Poor show from both of them, especially Musk.

[The Dangerous Elk]

Tesla shares are crashing

[Henners]

Buy buy buy

👍

[fido]

The Dangerous Elk said:

Tesla shares are crashing

I thought they would take a dive. [if you'd pardon the ...] I suspect he'll cave in at some point and make an apology.

[Lotus Notes]

fido said:

I thought they would take a dive. [if you'd pardon the ...] I suspect he'll cave in at some point and make an apology.

There'll be an apology and donation to a local charity and all will be forgotten.

Personally, I feel it's a shame that his true colours are clouded.

[Ayahuasca]

Digga said:

REALIST123 said:

I learned this about Musk.

“Musk is known to appear disinterested while interviewing candidates. After he has finished asking his questions, he throws out a difficult riddle for potential candidates to answer, as noted in a recent authorized biography.

Here is the riddle Elon Musk asks:

"You're standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west, and one mile north. You end up exactly where you started. Where are you?"

Anyone who thinks that that schoolboy riddle is an important question to ask of a serious applicant demonstrates a puerility that is staggering.

It's not even that difficult a riddle.

Contrary to what Musk probably thinks, there are an infinite number of places on earth where you could be in that riddle. We've done this one before.

[98elise]

Digga said:

Nanook said:

Zoon said:

Or south pole, there is no correct answer. I think there are an infinite number of answers.

What?

Go outside and try it, anywhere other than the north pole, and see if you end up in the same place when you're finished.

^This, like Henners said, the only place the directions 'work' is on the North pole.

It's not, as someone else has explained.

If you are just over a mile from the south pole you get the same result, as east/west travel will start and end at the same point (ie circles the pole)

[Henners]

Ayahuasca said:

We've done this one before.

No no, that was whether an aeroplane would take off from a converyor, which it wouldn’t...

[98elise]

Ayahuasca said:

Digga said:

REALIST123 said:

I learned this about Musk.

“Musk is known to appear disinterested while interviewing candidates. After he has finished asking his questions, he throws out a difficult riddle for potential candidates to answer, as noted in a recent authorized biography.

Here is the riddle Elon Musk asks:

"You're standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west, and one mile north. You end up exactly where you started. Where are you?"

Anyone who thinks that that schoolboy riddle is an important question to ask of a serious applicant demonstrates a puerility that is staggering.

It's not even that difficult a riddle.

Contrary to what Musk probably thinks, there are an infinite number of places on earth where you could be in that riddle. We've done this one before.

I suspect he knows the right answer. The riddle is designed to catch out someone who works out the most obvious technical answer and stops at that point.

It's the sort of thing that leads to engineering fkups.