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It's useful to remember that it's a bunch of people that don't know the industry. They're just googling and reading Wikipedia. That doesn't mean the project wil
by arjie 10y ago
It's useful to remember that it's a bunch of people that don't know the industry. They're just googling and reading Wikipedia. That doesn't mean the project will be successful. It's just that there's zero information content to most comments that are on non-software topics.
There are some things I know a little about that I haven't commented on here about, and I've seen where people are quite clearly googling and getting not the right answer but the answer that is most likely to show up on Google.
Just something useful to keep in mind.
- propter_hoc 10y agoGlad to see this viewpoint. I work in energy and the hivemind on HN on this topic is quite subject to these fallacies. ("Solar energy can't be profitable" and "thorium is the answer" spring to mind.)
- notahacker 10y agoI don't think people that know the industry are systematically less sceptical of this project than those who don't (if anything it's the other way round; industry insiders are less likely to be sympathetic to the idea that a former Groupon exec with a PPL and a bunch of software investors might understand the demand for commercial aircraft and how to build a supersonic model aircraft for $13m plus salaries without existing infrastructure better than companies with enormous piles of cash for skunkworks projects and decades of experience in making and selling aircraft) Other industries have a much higher resistance to hype and estimates that sound like they're based on what people want to hear than software.