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ljmlast Wednesday at 12:13 PM1 replyview on HN

I am literally referencing the article:

> It will mean rebuilding things from the ground up, which requires much more help and resources than before.

In what way is 'ground up rebuild' a misunderstanding of 'rebuilding things from the ground up'?


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digganlast Wednesday at 12:24 PM

I guess there are two things at play. What "ground up rebuild" really means, and a mismatch between what the video says and what the article says.

The video, at the 300s mark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gTd36cQLzY&t=300s) mentions the current state, and where they are right now, and that they'd need funding to reach the last step. And that it would be a shame to lose the previous steps, when they're "so close" or whatever. So just doing that last step, while keeping the previous ones intact, wouldn't really be "rebuilding from the ground up", at least in my opinion.

But then yeah, the article says "rebuilding things from the ground up" but I'm not sure that's really "tear everything including the community down and start from scratch" but more about how to build "Version 5", about the machines and hardware itself.

But that's me trying to be charitable and understand something that isn't 100% clearly outlined, as you say.

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