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Post by bronson »

divanvisagie wrote: post #226
bronson wrote: post #219

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Five years ago people were saying that about both Tesla and SpaceX. "Is he really serious about going into space? The whole thing sounds ludicrous. Even if he reduces the cost 10X, launches are still crazy expensive and have al sorts of strange complications." "Is he really serious about electric cars? The whole thing..." etc.

I dont think its the same at all Have we gont to space before? Yes Have we done electric cars before? Yes Have we solved congestion by increasing the speed of a transport medium? Concorde

That's a trick question. Have we solved congestion? No, and we won't any time soon.

But have we improved travel speed and convenience before? Sure: high speed trains, commuter airlines, superhighways, etc. And, maybe one day, Hyperloop?

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Post by Turing_Machine »

epsylon wrote: post #250
Turing_Machine wrote: post #189

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"Europe lives in the future compared to the USA." Europe is the size of a postage stamp compared to the USA (or even worse, Canada). Oregon is larger than the UK. Texas is larger than France. Alaska is larger than all of Western Europe.

China has better rail infrastructure than the US, and is much bigger as well.

The highly urbanized parts of China have a lot of advanced rail. The rural areas, not so much.

I think they were still running steam engines on some routes until quite recently.

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Post by pdimitar »

rjeli wrote: post #211
gutnor wrote: post #59

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Why commute ? Remote working is a thing and everything the topic comes up, something that a significant part of HN is already enjoying. No need to pour billions in public transport. Also companies have proven that they are more than willing to outsource everywhere, hiring people anywhere. There are reason they still hire in very expensive place like SF. You bet that it is a problem that will go away at some point, an…

I would be lonely doing remote work. I prefer to go to an office and interact with people every day. Sometimes I don't want to interact with them, but I wouldn't want to spend 8 hours a day alone in my house. Coworking spaces might work. I haven't tried it, but I imagine its different interacting with people who aren't relevant to what you're doing all day.

That sounds suspiciously close to "I go to work to drown my loneliness". Might have not been your intention but it definitely sounded that way.

To me, work is work -- no attachments. I happen to like several of my remote colleagues quite a bit but I am doing just fine in my life if I don't chat with them for a month or two.

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Post by concede_pluto »

gutnor wrote: post #59
ardit33 wrote: post #27

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Yes, but it creates huge economic positive impacts 1. You can live in a less expensive area, (i.e. miles away), and work in a major center. This makes both possible of talent being able to live cheaper, and be able to work where they want (less geographical restrictions), which unlocks greater efficiency of the work place. 2. The alternative? Most people living with few tens of miles of workplaces, prices of living r…

Why commute ? Remote working is a thing and everything the topic comes up, something that a significant part of HN is already enjoying. No need to pour billions in public transport. Also companies have proven that they are more than willing to outsource everywhere, hiring people anywhere. There are reason they still hire in very expensive place like SF. You bet that it is a problem that will go away at some point, an…

> Also companies have proven that they are more than willing to outsource everywhere, hiring people anywhere.

Debatable. Googlers complain of pressure to relocate to Mountain View (despite using video even for intra-campus meetings), Mayer shut down telecommuting at Yahoo, Facebook built the biggest open office in the world.

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