Or more likely, the commonality is how you're applying your software skills?

In every other field it's helpful to understand the basics. I don't think software is the exception here.

Understanding basics is very different to being able to memorize algorithms. I really dont see why I'd ever have to implement stuff like quicksort myself somewhere. Yes I know what recursion is, yes I know what quick sort is, so if I ever need it I know what to look for. Which was good enough throughout my career.

I pay $20/m for cursor. It allowed me to revamp my home lab in a weekend.

> It allowed me to revamp my home lab in a weekend.

So, what did you learn from that project??

I previously hand baked everything.

I learned how andible, terraform, and docker approach dev ops and infra.

I would not be able to hand cook anything with these tools but understanding the syntax was a non goal (nor what interests me).

That is what they say about self driving cars, and there are services which are commercially available right now.

So, no technology is impossible? Every dream can come true? That's what I'm getting from the logic of the argument you're making there.

Sometimes technologies really do have showstoppers. There are fundamental reasons to think fusion is not going to be competitive. I know of no fundamental reason self driving cars would be impossible. The analogy doesn't work.

I like the design of this

> if you're a hyped up billionaire, it's easy mode because you can pay a lot, and people want to work for you

blue origin vs spacex says otherwise..

Blue origin just landed their new glen rocket. Not an easy feat.

Although I wish billionaires would fix homelessness, I think its good there’s more competition in the space launch industry.

Homeless is mostly a self inflicted issue that most don’t want to solve. So why should others try solve it?

It's like how every big co these days is ML. It will transition to LLMs as well.

Just give it a few years.

Yep. Same vibes as “ha ha who needs internet connected appliances” (pretty much all appliances are internet connected now). And the apocryphal “there is a worldwide market for maybe 5 computers”.

No-one "needs" or even wants appliances to be connected to the internet. You claim that "pretty much all" appliances are internet connected, while almost none of the appliances in my house are.

I mean, who DOES need internet connected appliances? Are you implying these token-based techs will be shoved down our throats regardless of demand?

why not fix it?

Is it so hard to acknowledge that China is better at manufacturing?

Doesn't Europe allow Chinese vehicles in their market? At least they admit it.

Both reasons can be correct

It’s not hard to be “better” when your competitor is wearing a strait jacket.

We have no idea if they are better at it, the last time there was a level playing field they weren’t a developed country.

How is that possible we have not figured out how to do this ourselves?

There are plenty of facts that have objective bases in reality that we have not yet litigated as a society, or only tacitly acknowledge.

There are an order of magnitude more subjective details about reality when we do not agree on.