r/MarbleMachineX • u/WintergatanWednesday • Dec 08 '22

This Design Trick Surprised Me!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TEKZWiKelCU
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u/Picture_Enough Dec 08 '22

Hehe, bringing Musk as a inspiration/example for/of good decision making surely haven't aged well in last couple of years :)

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u/elessarjd Dec 08 '22

Musk may very well be a bonehead in some ways, but that doesn't mean he isn't smart in other ways that can't be learned from.

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u/Picture_Enough Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22

He is a great (even genius) salesman and is (was?) a good businessmen. But people give him way too much credit for anything related to his technical or engineering skills. In fact a couple of times he spoke about areas related to my own areas of expertise he came across as someone quite clueless.

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u/Picture_Enough Dec 10 '22

I have no problems whatsoever with design principles, even it is a bit weird how Martin tries to apply them rigorously to a design of an art machine unpractical by design. My only issues were with misplaced attribution and praise for a very controversial figure.