“ well kept under lock in key in the west” You’re joking. These have been put on...

htrp · 2026-07-02T02:45:04 1782960304

the people who do a good chunk of materials science research have last names like wang, li , zhang

you don't exactly need to hack a network drive when you can just hire the guy who came up with it

thaumasiotes · 2026-07-02T06:19:26 1782973166

> have last names like wang, li , zhang

It's not clear to me whether you already knew that those three names in particular are idiomatic in China as the names of 'random' people. 张三，李四，王五.

(Traditionally 李 was the most common surname in China. Last I heard it had been overtaken by 王.)

I don't know who random guys One and Two are.

AussieWog93 · 2026-07-02T07:28:06 1782977286

Then where are the jet engines?

Cthulhu_ · 2026-07-02T09:51:18 1782985878

Turns out knowledge alone isn't enough. I mean the knowledge of how to build a nuke, a microprocessor, or a rocket that can go to Mars is public information, yet building them remains elusive for a lot of countries.

one33seven · 2026-07-02T10:22:52 1782987772

It's not actually public knowledge how to build modern, small still capable microprocessors, afaik.

seanmcdirmid · 2026-07-02T02:19:09 1782958749

It turns out that they’ve really been able to keep the material sciences data under wraps. It is also really hard to reverse engineer from end products. Same with the C919.