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They said the same thing in the 90s about getting Bangalored. Yet all the FAANGs and other startups are still headquartered in the US.

ThrowawayR2 3y ago
Did you know that "Made in Japan" and "Made in Taiwan" used to be a mark of cheaply and badly made junk only a few decades ago? Back then, Americans were pretty confident that the United States would remain dominant in manufacturing indefinitely, particularly in at the time high-tech stuff like electronics and automotive manufacturing, and that other countries would have a hard time catching up. What a difference a few decades makes...
- hhh 3y ago
  I’ve only heard made in Japan being a positive from people who were alive when it was made there in the 80s.
  - mortenjorck 3y ago
    “A few decades ago” is understating it, but talk to some Boomers and you’ll hear a different story from the late 1950s / early 1960s. The Japanese Miracle had already happened by the era of the Walkman.
    - nonethewiser 3y ago
      I remember a Japanese guest visiting and showing us his cam corder with a flip out display. Early 90s probably. Dont think we had them, or at least id never seen them. Was like someone coming from the future.
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- unsupp0rted 3y ago
  Lots of jokes from tv shows at the time about shoddy Japanese-made cars. Then in the early 2000s about shoddy American-made ones.
- nonethewiser 3y ago
  I think the biggest moat is time zone. There are lots of skilled english speaking devs who would LOVE to make 60k USD.
WillPostForFood 3y ago
https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/-mm-/ce119a8a71503abd51e609cd5bebb6b8349b86ef/c=16-0-341-430/local/-/media/DetroitNews/2014/10/01/buwilliamsuawmembership1001142.jpg https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/-mm-/ce119a8a71503abd51e609...
ekianjo 3y ago
Thats a bold statement to make when virtually all manufacturing industries have deserted the US
- magicalist 3y ago
  ...but that's not something that happened?

ThrowawayR2 3y ago

Did you know that "Made in Japan" and "Made in Taiwan" used to be a mark of cheaply and badly made junk only a few decades ago? Back then, Americans were pretty confident that the United States would remain dominant in manufacturing indefinitely, particularly in at the time high-tech stuff like electronics and automotive manufacturing, and that other countries would have a hard time catching up. What a difference a few decades makes...

hhh 3y ago
I’ve only heard made in Japan being a positive from people who were alive when it was made there in the 80s.
- mortenjorck 3y ago
  “A few decades ago” is understating it, but talk to some Boomers and you’ll hear a different story from the late 1950s / early 1960s. The Japanese Miracle had already happened by the era of the Walkman.
  - nonethewiser 3y ago
    I remember a Japanese guest visiting and showing us his cam corder with a flip out display. Early 90s probably. Dont think we had them, or at least id never seen them. Was like someone coming from the future.
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unsupp0rted 3y ago
Lots of jokes from tv shows at the time about shoddy Japanese-made cars. Then in the early 2000s about shoddy American-made ones.
nonethewiser 3y ago
I think the biggest moat is time zone. There are lots of skilled english speaking devs who would LOVE to make 60k USD.

WillPostForFood 3y ago

https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/-mm-/ce119a8a71503abd51e609cd5bebb6b8349b86ef/c=16-0-341-430/local/-/media/DetroitNews/2014/10/01/buwilliamsuawmembership1001142.jpg https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/-mm-/ce119a8a71503abd51e609...

ekianjo 3y ago

Thats a bold statement to make when virtually all manufacturing industries have deserted the US

magicalist 3y ago
...but that's not something that happened?