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Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by unityByFreedom »

MattRix wrote: post #525
Trd wrote: post #468

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Proven what? His main claim of glory, Tesla, still hasn't achieved what he built the company for: making EVs mainstream. Rather than the ecological revolution he pretends it to be (his focus on climate change), it is still nothing but an expensive toy for the wealthy. Not exactly selling at the levels where we could talk about making a change for the planet. Maybe you're referring to SpaceX in proving skeptics wrong?…

I think this crazy tunnel thing Elon just announced looks horrible, but the moment you claim that Tesla and SpaceX aren't doing anything special is where it becomes pretty obvious that you don't know what you're talking about.

Tesla sells high tech luxury vehicles that, as yet, aren't mainstream, and there are several road bumps to overcome before getting there. To laud Musk's success today to the point of proving success on his future products is premature. He hasn't completed his initial goals -- making electric mainstream and space flight an enterprise.

Not saying it isn't possible or what he has achieved isn't great. Just saying his existing successes don't prove what he's proposing will succeed, since, his new goals are as big or bigger than his initial as-yet-incomplete goals.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by tmalsburg2 »

vtange wrote: post #70

What if the tunnels themselves are congested? Wouldn't it mean a line of cars surface-side waiting for their turn?

Exactly. A transportation infrastructure operates most economically when its capacity is (close to) maxed out. Since demand is variable it will inevitably happen that the capacity is sometimes not enough (as in overbooked flights). Traffic jams are the result. So what this system is doing is moving traffic jams underground or, as you say, to the on-ramps. What have we gained?

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by baq »

breeny592 wrote: post #619
simonh wrote: post #610

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International airlines don't exist, they are faked by the same people that did the 'moon landings' to make you think the world is a ball. If they really took people up that high, they'd be able to see the earth is flat.

I think you left the /s off your comment

No, it's true, really.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by baq »

smbullet wrote: post #584
crush-n-spread wrote: post #565

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I don't really get the point of this comment. I'm also early 90's and I'm wondering why you're not more heavily for or against either side. You're living in an insanely fast paced world where, in 50 years, we will either be dead and roasted in Earth-Venus, or we will have carbon sequestration figured out and be on Mars. We need engineers to get option two, and you being neutral increases the chances of Earth-Venus.

Wait, there are actually people who think the Earth will be roasted in 50 years?

In 400 years of exponential 1% energy consumption growth it's possible.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by legolas2412 »

smbullet wrote: post #584
crush-n-spread wrote: post #565

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I don't really get the point of this comment. I'm also early 90's and I'm wondering why you're not more heavily for or against either side. You're living in an insanely fast paced world where, in 50 years, we will either be dead and roasted in Earth-Venus, or we will have carbon sequestration figured out and be on Mars. We need engineers to get option two, and you being neutral increases the chances of Earth-Venus.

Wait, there are actually people who think the Earth will be roasted in 50 years?

I have seen such a comment twice on HackerNews before. And one from a friend on Facebook.

I think that's why people think Global warming is false. There are other people saying that all life is going to disappear, which is funny and clearly alarmism.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by legolas2412 »

jaimex2 wrote: post #491
accountyaccount wrote: post #463

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I get what you're saying, but sometimes a bad idea is a bad idea. You can't just positive think yourself out of it.

Sure, but you can't make that call when you have no real clue what the actual idea is or have the full details.

If Elon has figured out how to make tunneling cheaper, then he can dig tunnels and demonstrate it.

The video is clearly made to just hype it up. It serves no purpose other than Science fiction.

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by pjc50 »

ethbro wrote: post #131
pjc50 wrote: post #120

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Not only the drilling, but the shoring up and walling of the tunnel. Also, people tend to be opposed to "move fast and break things" if they're likely to get buried under them.

Until you remove the "they" by fully automating the system.

Ultimately you want to put passengers in the tunnel, yes?

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by stupidhn »

Xcelerate wrote: post #377

It's amazing to me the amount of negativity directed toward his projects and the millions of reasons people give for why they "won't work" (not necessarily on HN, but at least on general news websites). I'm starting to believe the only difference between those who start their own companies and those who don't is that the latter convinces themselves that it is impossible, never builds anything, and from their own lack…

It's amazing to me the amount of negativity directed toward his projects

His projects are cool.

The incessant "Elon is so smart and will save the world!" from this place is tiring. Everytime he tweets it makes the front page. Some people see there's more to these businesses than Elon being generous to us,and run a bit more skeptical. Perhaps it's you that needs to take a step back and assess what the other side is saying?

Re: The Boring Company [video]

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Post by stupidhn »

oska wrote: post #561
andrepd wrote: post #528

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So because he has a "track record" of founding companies that achieved impressive feats he it's now forbidden to call out his ideas as foolish?

> it's now forbidden I dislike this sort of miscasting of what I just said. I'm a very strong proponent of free speech and the right of anyone to say anything. But with my support for free speech comes a commitment to try to be considered and careful in what I personally say and I'm encouraging others to do the same in this particular context. You can take it or leave it and of course you can go on calling him foolis…

You dislike the miscasting of what you said, then go on to miscast what the parent says (that Elon himself is foolish, rather than that he has foolish ideas).
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