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Things South Korea is good at producing: Cars, ships, steel, semiconductors, electronics, medicines, tanks, aircraft parts, nuclear reactors... Things South Ko

Things South Korea is good at producing: Cars, ships, steel, semiconductors, electronics, medicines, tanks, aircraft parts, nuclear reactors... Things South Korea is bad at producing: Software. Not too bad overall.

trivo 1y ago
Seems everyone ouside of US is bad at producing software.
- flakeoil 1y ago
  Yes, and US bad at everything else.
  - 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
    The US economy is one of the world's most diverse in terms of exports: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/show/2023 https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/... Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN?
    - miningape 1y ago
      Orange man bad
      - _vqpz 1y ago
        Yes, he is orange and bad. Glad we agree.
      - a456463 1y ago
        I mean he is. But people don't want facts
      - shigawire 1y ago
        I'd say it is more because "Orange man says we are bad at X, but only he can make X great again™". People start believing we can't do anything at all.
    - TulliusCicero 1y ago
      > Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN? Look at basically any domain: whoever's in the lead, gets the most hate. The US has the world's biggest economy and military, the most cultural power, the biggest tech industry, etc. The hate is inevitable. That's not to say that the US doesn't have plenty of very real problems -- obviously it does -- but it's just easier to dunk on the leader, which also means more empty, vacuous criticism.
    - flakeoil 1y ago
      > Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN? Firstly, it's the US government themselves saying there are imbalances and therefore they have to add tariffs on imports from almost every country. It's the US government who spreads hate towards most other countries, not the other way around. Secondly, could it be because people living in the US seem to not notice (or don't want to believe) the US is turning into a dictatorship and the rest of the world does. People don't like the new values of the USA, they liked the old values. If it continues like this, it's game over for the USA.
  - TulliusCicero 1y ago
    The US has super successful music and movie industries, puts out a lot of fossil fuels, hugely successful finance sector, and has the world's most powerful military. Really, the US has plenty of strengths to go along with its weaknesses.
pchew 1y ago
Interesting interpretation of 'good' in regards to cars.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
  My parents have been driving the same Hyundai for about 20 years. Never heard them complain about a problem.
TulliusCicero 1y ago
> Things South Korea is good at producing: Cars, ships, steel, semiconductors, electronics, medicines, tanks, aircraft parts, nuclear reactors... Also: music and TV shows. > Things South Korea is bad at producing: Software. Also: babies.

trivo 1y ago

Seems everyone ouside of US is bad at producing software.

flakeoil 1y ago
Yes, and US bad at everything else.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
  The US economy is one of the world's most diverse in terms of exports: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/show/2023 https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/all/... Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN?
  - miningape 1y ago
    Orange man bad
    - _vqpz 1y ago
      Yes, he is orange and bad. Glad we agree.
    - a456463 1y ago
      I mean he is. But people don't want facts
    - shigawire 1y ago
      I'd say it is more because "Orange man says we are bad at X, but only he can make X great again™". People start believing we can't do anything at all.
  - TulliusCicero 1y ago
    > Side note: Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN? Look at basically any domain: whoever's in the lead, gets the most hate. The US has the world's biggest economy and military, the most cultural power, the biggest tech industry, etc. The hate is inevitable. That's not to say that the US doesn't have plenty of very real problems -- obviously it does -- but it's just easier to dunk on the leader, which also means more empty, vacuous criticism.
  - flakeoil 1y ago
    > Why is there so much fact-free anti-US sentiment on HN? Firstly, it's the US government themselves saying there are imbalances and therefore they have to add tariffs on imports from almost every country. It's the US government who spreads hate towards most other countries, not the other way around. Secondly, could it be because people living in the US seem to not notice (or don't want to believe) the US is turning into a dictatorship and the rest of the world does. People don't like the new values of the USA, they liked the old values. If it continues like this, it's game over for the USA.
- TulliusCicero 1y ago
  The US has super successful music and movie industries, puts out a lot of fossil fuels, hugely successful finance sector, and has the world's most powerful military. Really, the US has plenty of strengths to go along with its weaknesses.

pchew 1y ago

Interesting interpretation of 'good' in regards to cars.

0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
My parents have been driving the same Hyundai for about 20 years. Never heard them complain about a problem.

TulliusCicero 1y ago

> Things South Korea is good at producing: Cars, ships, steel, semiconductors, electronics, medicines, tanks, aircraft parts, nuclear reactors... Also: music and TV shows. > Things South Korea is bad at producing: Software. Also: babies.