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stcredzero on Feb 23, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beat...

Plans are 10% of actually building something, at that level. Materials aren't legos, each product needs to be qualified and have its idiosyncrasies addressed

Something often forgotten when companies offshore production.

marchenko on Feb 23, 2017 [–]

Andy Grove wrote some great pieces about the loss of engineering muscle memory.

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