Civilization's toughest technical challenges are those that require extraordinary (and constantly improving) performance to be delivered at a low cost.
The way they explain how advancements are possible by throwing money at it and ramping up man-hours doesn‘t sit right with me. That’s not how it really works. There‘s a reason why the US suddenly caught up to the technology in the mid 1940s. The engineers and scientists who joined their jet engine force weren‘t just random university grads that suddenly spawned.
It gives an example of two British engines right after that, and the UK’s jet engines were both independent of Germany’s and better than them by the end of the war
I mean… That’s basically how you accomplish this kind of thing. You throw educated people and resources at the problem for as long as it takes. Often you can do it faster with more people working on the problem. How is that not how it really works?
I mean you can certainly save time by looking over someone else’s shoulder, espionage and defecting engineers have of course led to local advances, but the process is generally the same. Development takes time and effort, and that equals money.
I built jet engines every day. By far my biggest daily obstacle is the business and money people getting in my ducking way, trying to “increase my efficiency” by squeezing more work out of me with their jedi mind tricks. And when I don’t make 35% more output, they’ll try to turn younger union members against me. Telling them I’m the reason tgey have to work faster because I’m not doing my part.
Fuck this shit system. Let me build my fucking engine in peace like I have been for 17 years you fucking fucks!!
The way they explain how advancements are possible by throwing money at it and ramping up man-hours doesn‘t sit right with me. That’s not how it really works. There‘s a reason why the US suddenly caught up to the technology in the mid 1940s. The engineers and scientists who joined their jet engine force weren‘t just random university grads that suddenly spawned.
It gives an example of two British engines right after that, and the UK’s jet engines were both independent of Germany’s and better than them by the end of the war
Exactly, paperclip…
Was that not spending money? Gotta find and get them into your labs somehow.
I mean… That’s basically how you accomplish this kind of thing. You throw educated people and resources at the problem for as long as it takes. Often you can do it faster with more people working on the problem. How is that not how it really works?
I mean you can certainly save time by looking over someone else’s shoulder, espionage and defecting engineers have of course led to local advances, but the process is generally the same. Development takes time and effort, and that equals money.
I built jet engines every day. By far my biggest daily obstacle is the business and money people getting in my ducking way, trying to “increase my efficiency” by squeezing more work out of me with their jedi mind tricks. And when I don’t make 35% more output, they’ll try to turn younger union members against me. Telling them I’m the reason tgey have to work faster because I’m not doing my part. Fuck this shit system. Let me build my fucking engine in peace like I have been for 17 years you fucking fucks!!