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The problem with this comparison is that most people don’t know enough to understand how much more difficult a project like ITER or the James Webb telescope is
by snowwrestler 5y ago
The problem with this comparison is that most people don’t know enough to understand how much more difficult a project like ITER or the James Webb telescope is than what startups try to do.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoIt's quite amazing that a few hundred ksloc of Javascript gluing together a bunch of npm packages can be valued on the same order of magnitude (in the billions) as a multi-decade scientific/heavy engineering undertaking.
- bostik 5y agoWith an online business you're not placing the value on the software created, but on the potential to create lasting addiction. The same way when you see news of large drug busts, the numbers floated around are based on how much the confiscated load could fetch on the street (iow. end of the chain, with addicts paying through the nose) - not on how much it cost to manufacture.