Shocking news! In an incredible breakthrough for American mass-transit engineering, the transportation technology company Virgin Hyperloop this past weekend successfully moved two people 500 meters across the barren Las Vegas desert at a top speed of just over 100 mph, setting a new world record for the absolute most pitiful thing anyone not named “Elon […]

It's a race to the bottom with these 'not-trains'.

Seriously, just build trains.

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This article is emitting real :amerikkka: energy.

    If it doesn’t require a messianic assbrain with a Steve Jobs cosplay fantasy pitching some sleepy billionaire or venture capital firm on the possibility of cornering the market on a brand-new technology that will conquer the world, then it will not get done. If it merely delivers a profound benefit to the common good rather than the promise of extravagant enrichment to a shrinking class of hyper-powered parasites, then it simply cannot exist.

    • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Haha, I know, I didn't even know this shit existed, but I certainly didn't expect this power from a sports website.