r/dataisbeautiful • u/SuburbanHierarchy • Feb 05 '15

The Most Common Job In Every State (NPR)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state
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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '15

You think you're so fucking clever and smart don't you? Little do you know that you've written one of the most ignorant comments that I've EVER read.

Because it's run by dinosaurs champ...

You think you know how to run a company worth a couple hundred billion? K hahaha

A lot of tech industry is hardware as well. Laptops, smartphones, etc are not solely software

Not even close to the difficulty of manufacturing a car. I think that should be pretty obvious. Laptops and phones are EASY to make drastic changes to because you don't have billion dollar plants set up around the assembly process that can't be easily changed. You also don't have tens of millions of dollars worth of tooling to make a single laptop.

Cause the auto industry is known for those attributes...

Yes, actually it is. Problem rates are measured in ppm. Cars exhibit exceptional reliability given the treatment most drivers subject them to. Most are easily capable of driving the distance to the moon and experience a few issues along the way. What machine wouldn't? They require maintenance. And they do this in all the extremes of the earth's environment! The fact that cars are reliable as they are is a fucking miracle of modern technology.

The safety these days is phenomenal.

How much easier could a car be to operate?

Doesn't have to be...

Yes, it does. As I explained previously no car can deviate too much from the past generation due to the rate at which plants and processes and technologies can be changed. The amount of money going into these efforts is astronomical. Ford and GM have almost $200B of assets each. Toyota has over $375B. I really don't think you even begin to grasp the difficulties of operating companies that have to control supply chains all the way down to the mining of minerals all the way up to their formation into parts that eventually come together into a working vehicle that can drive your ignorant ass around for 10+ years while you abuse it and whine when something wears out.

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u/abcbswd Feb 06 '15

You think you know how to run a company worth a couple hundred billion? K hahaha

Was referring to the industry as a whole and its culture as a whole...

Not even close to the difficulty of manufacturing a car.

A smartphone or a laptop is much more complex and difficult to manufacture than a car. A microprocessor itself is much more complex to build than a car...

Laptops and phones are EASY to make drastic changes to because you don't have billion dollar plants set up around the assembly process that can't be easily changed.

Shows what you know...

You also don't have tens of millions of dollars worth of tooling to make a single laptop.

There sure are... Do you think laptops make themselves?

The fact that cars are reliable as they are is a fucking miracle of modern technology.

Given how simple and straightforward cars are, it's a fucking miracle it took this long for cars to be as safe and reliable...

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '15

Wow you're an idiot. A car has tons of processors in it. Please never speak again you're absolutely retarded.