• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    You referring to the DC-X subscale tech demonstrator?

    I think inventing is a less well defined term, since anyone with a napkin can claim to invent something to a very low fidelity. The details are the hard part, not the idea itself. So that’s why I specified created, since that is inventing to a very high level of fidelity.

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      10 months ago

      There’s several other examples. I also don’t think inventing is an ill-defined term. That’s an absurd thing to even say.

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            10 months ago

            So it needs to be created in real life, rather than just a drawing or design? Or does creating it only as a design without building it count?

            Also, all technology is built on previous work, especially rocketry. What’s the cutoff for invention vs refinement?

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                  10 months ago

                  Sure repeating his lies well for someone pretending not to like him. Maybe have a few moments of critical thoughts about the marketing BS you believe and who created it?

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                    10 months ago

                    Is it an elon lie that SpaceX has incredibly effective cheap reusability in their rockets? That seems pretty well established at this point.

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                  10 months ago

                  I bet you like him because he makes you feel like you can be a low effort, low knowledge person and still pretend to know what you’re talking about. SUPER popular with fans of his. Especially fans that think being a fan of his companies makes them an expert in a certain field even though actual experts laugh at the nonsense they repeat to one another.