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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by cryptoz on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:08PM (#11307182)
> I don't doubt his candid explanation was correct, and I don't see anything wrong with it really.

Why wouldn't you doubt this? His speech included a number of factually incorrect engineering statements about his competitors (SpaceX). If he was being "honest", then he was wrong. His "candid explanations" of things were fraught with error and also wildly offensive, not to mention dangerous for the business.

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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by hackuser on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:44PM (#11307448)
> His speech included a number of factually incorrect engineering statements

Such as ... ?

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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by AndyNemmity on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:13PM (#11307218)
"Correct" in this case meaning, his honest belief of the situation.

In this vertical, I don't know if he was wrong or right in the detail of his analysis.

What was the offensive part?

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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by zepto on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:23PM (#11307297)
The misogyny
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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by ChrisDutrow on Thursday March 17, 2016 @06:23PM (#11308101)
I noticed hints of misogyny as well. I don't think what he said was technically misogynist, but it smelled like it.
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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by TrevorJ on Friday March 18, 2016 @12:18PM (#11312763)
I missed that part, what specifically are you referring to?
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Re:Recording of aerospace executive's speech leads to his re... by nkurz on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:22PM (#11315183)
Presumably he's referring to the "two brides" analogy. It's discussed more elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11307425
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