r/technology • u/marketrent • Feb 01 '25

Transportation Trump admin emails air traffic controllers to quit their jobs en masse, after fatal midair collision

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-emails-air-traffic-controllers-quit-your-jobs/
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u/thirstyross Feb 01 '25

Btw, Thiel has a bunker in New Zealand if things go bad just in case.

Thiel has made a grave error with this plan, and it is delightfully hilarious.

If he actually knew Kiwis, he'd know there's not much they hate more than billionaire Americans. As someone once said in the r/newzealand subreddit:

"if the shit goes down and the billionaires retreat to their bunkers here, we'll just weld the doors closed and start shitting in the air vents"

So, I wish Thiel all the best with his NZ "safehouse" :D :D

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u/evranch Feb 01 '25

He'll probably think he's so clever, and have a bunch of not even slightly robust evil genius crap set up. Drones that have to land back on their charging stations, sentry guns that definitely never jam or require maintenance, optics that are amazing unless it rains and they fog up...

I'd give him a week before his Silicon Valley "move fast and break something" tech lets him down.