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Elon Musk fires back at Sam Altman's posts about trying to cancel a Tesla Roadster order: 'You received a refund within 24 hours'

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Elon Musk responded to a recent X post by Sam Altman. Florian Gaertner/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Elon Musk criticized Sam Altman over the OpenAI CEO's online posts about an attempt to cancel a Tesla Roadster reservation. Altman posted screenshots showing he requested a refund for the order, but the email bounced back. Musk said Altman received his refund within 24 hours. Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going tit-for-tat. At the center of their latest online beef is the OpenAI CEO's reservation for Tesla's long-delayed Roadster. Musk took to his social media platform, X, on Saturday to criticize Altman for posting screenshots earlier in the week that showed his attempt to cancel his Roadster order. "A tale in three acts," Altman earlier posted, sharing a screenshot of an email from July 2018, confirming a $45,000 payment to reserve the next-generation Tesla Roadster . Additional screenshots Altman posted showed the OpenAI CEO requesting a $50,000 refu...

Q&A with Sam Altman and Satya Nadella about the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership, OpenAI's restructuring and $100B revenue target for 2027, $3T AI buildout, more (@bg2pod)

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@bg2pod : Q&A with Sam Altman and Satya Nadella about the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership, OpenAI's restructuring and $100B revenue target for 2027, $3T AI buildout, more   —  BG2. All things AI w @sama & @satyanadella. A Halloween Special. 🎃🔥@bg2pod @altcap — (00:00) Intro (02:28) Microsoft's Investment in OpenAI (03:19) The Nonprofit Structure and Its Impact (05:46) Health, AI Security, and Resilience (07:50) Models, Exclusivity, and [video] from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ZBWYuse

I was laid off at 37 and decided to downsize. Building my own tiny house led me to start a handyman business.

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Melanie Copeland with her 144ft tiny home. Courtesy of Melanie Copeland Melanie Copeland was laid off from her real estate job in 2017 at the age of 37. She and her husband built a tiny home to scale back their lifestyle and make their money go further. They knew little about DIY, but the steep learning curve led them to become professional handymen. This story is based on an interview with Melanie Copeland, 45, of Buckingham County, Virginia, the author of " Trailblazing Tiny: A Guide to Breaking Free ." Copeland runs a handyman business with her husband, John, 46. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. My husband, John, and I had been considering moving into a tiny home for a few years before we finally did so in February 2018. The popularity of tiny homes on wheels was significantly smaller than it is now, and it was challenging to find a wealth of information on blogs and social media platforms, such as YouTube. Still, we did our research an...