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Contractor who built Colossus and Colossus II says Elon Musk owes him colossal amount of money

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[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 103 points 1 month ago

Yes Musk has a very long record of not paying people until they eventually sue him. This isn't a new thing, this has been a kind of lifelong thing of Musk's.

Salomone was persuaded by a video deposition of Joseph Killian, a former Twitter executive, who testified that Twitter stopped paying rent in December 2022 as a “renegotiating tactic — a tactic to save money.”

This has literally been Musk his entire life.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 39 points 1 month ago

That explains why he and Trump became so close. They both enjoy dine and dashing.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

The rich don't stay that way by spending their money.

[-] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

they usually spend other people's money

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

So the exact same tactics as the Cheeto in chief, then

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Cool gonna do the same thing to my landlord

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Who do you think the cops serve?

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I had this happen with a Fox News host that lives near us. We rented out a piece of equipment to them they needed and they wouldn't pay until we threatened to sue. They eventually did this to everyone, so even if you figured out which host, you wouldn't know who I am.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Also see Trump. Same thing.

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