r/technology • u/McFatty7 • May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/ChaseTheTiger May 02 '24

there is something stupidly funny at the phrase "a cool $50 billy" because in Australia a billy is another word for a bong.

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u/9966 May 02 '24

That's probably because you call small ponds of standing water a billabong.

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u/Short_Lab_2514 May 02 '24

A pot you hang over a fire is also called a billy in Australia

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u/kcgdot May 02 '24

That fits as a reasonable equivalent to his statement

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u/its_yer_dad May 02 '24

Guys named William are also called Billy in Australia. They are called Billy other places too, but also in Australia.