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Re:The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) by Swenrekcah on Thursday December 31, 2020 @03:01PM (#25596484)
That’s true. There would be a considerably higher bar for “worthwhile”.

But I got to imagine that by the time interstellar trade would be an option, there would be some very valuable blueprints of autofactories and other goods, operating systems and other software with centuries of real-world proofing, and other stuff you’d like to get without doing all the trial and error yourself.

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Re:The Theory of Interstellar Trade (1978) by krapp on Thursday December 31, 2020 @04:53PM (#25597606)
>there would be some very valuable blueprints of autofactories and other goods, operating systems and other software with centuries of real-world proofing, and other stuff you’d like to get without doing all the trial and error yourself

Trial and error might actually be faster depending on how long a round trip takes. Imagine waiting fifty years for the blueprints to arrive only to learn some packets got dropped along the way.

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