Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef Jose Andres

Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by eloff on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:53PM (#27912018)

I'm not sure that's true. Even if they are never competitive with SpaceX you can't employ that many people and spend that much money without advancing the industry. The benefits are just second order effects.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by foobarian on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:11PM (#27912245)

This. Every engineer employed at BO is one engineer not wasting their talents doing adtech at FAANG to pay the bills.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by eloff on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:28PM (#27912450)

Different kind of engineers usually, but yeah.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by sidr on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @06:20PM (#27912915)

I have worked with multiple folks with Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering backgrounds who have switched to being data scientists or software engineers. Often because of the dismal job prospects in their fields. So yes, quite often the same kind of engineer.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by teawrecks on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:42PM (#27912583)

Give me a 10000 people and 100 billion dollars. I guarantee you I can squander it like a pro.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by eloff on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @05:48PM (#27912639)

That's not what's happening here though.

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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by teawrecks on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:47PM (#27967685)

I didn't say it was, I'm responding to your claim that

> you can't employ that many people and spend that much money without advancing the industry.

I'm (jokingly) saying I definitely could.

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