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		arbitel on Sept 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Makani source code released When investors look to invest, they want a fast ROI. Engineering company likes this typically takes many years to fruition or maybe not. It's much easier to justify dumping money on these "tech" companies like WeWork, AirBnb hoping to get another facebook unicorn than putting money into real engineering company like Makani.

ubertoop on Sept 13, 2020 [–]

Personally I find that troubling for the progress of humanity. We need big money (resources) to solve real challenging engineering problems.

Unfortunately it seems like a lot of the big money is going towards less critical 'problems' if problems at all, like social media companies.

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