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Agronox posted:according to the arts technical article, the $10 million figure excluded such minor things as the cost of equipment, R&D, etc., so yeah. also it being unclear if that figure includes the labor cost
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Also note that those bumpers put more stress on the lovely suspension as they push the car along the track.. Which means it's more likely for wompy wheels because the suspension isn't mean for those kind of forces
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I hope they open it up to the public purely because someone will manage to flip their Tesla within about 20 minutes, slot car bumpers be damned.
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I feel like I’m missing something because how can it be this stupid
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Kraanerg posted:I feel like I’m missing something because how can it be this stupid this is why all the bazingas fall for the fake Elon crypto scams
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Kraanerg posted:seriously, what is his plan for when a single car breaks down and holds up all of traffic? Seal it in concrete. Real chat though: They're doing construction on one of the freeways near me, so the far left lane is an express lane at the moment that is sealed off on both sides by jersey barriers. Someone broke down on that one morning, and it took hours to get it cleared out because it's literally 3 miles with no lanes you can switch into.
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orcinus posted:You know what fascinates me about LA? lol drive anywhere on the west side 4-7 pm. it once took me a full hour to get from UCLA to the 405 (maybe 5 blocks)
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ymgve posted:That's what the flamethrowers are for. Balrogs are made of fire, you idiot. You imbecile. You loving moron.
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Iron Crowned posted:Seal it in concrete. for the love of god, Montressor!
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orcinus posted:I think i'm losing my mind. The whole thing is insane. This is why it's important to emphasize that Musk isn't just egotistical or unstable (which seems to be the main "negative" media narrative), but is actually a truly stupid man. Like, stupid in the same way your dog is stupid. edit: actually I'm pretty sure my dog wouldn't come up with an idea as stupid as this Kraanerg posted:seriously, what is his plan for when a single car breaks down and holds up all of traffic? There's WAY more problems than just this. Even if everything works as intended, it still wouldn't work. Cars would need to slow down before leaving the main tunnel for the elevators, and it would end up a total clusterfuck with any level of car volume that isn't trivial. edit: Like, this idea would be improved if he literally just said "build roads, but underground." Yeah, it'd be the same as existing streets and car tunnels (and still dumber than a subway), but at least it wouldn't have the various problems associating with the tunnel only fitting a single vehicle. Ytlaya has issued a correction as of 19:51 on Dec 19, 2018 |
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hobbesmaster posted:this is why all the bazingas fall for the fake Elon crypto scams I met one recently that tried to reason with me that if it’s such a bad idea then how come ”they’re already digging tunnels in LA?” Like seriously his argument was ‘if it’s so stupid then why is Musk doing it?’ He sure showed me!
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hobbesmaster posted:for the love of god, Montressor! The Musk of Amontillado 
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Ytlaya posted:There's WAY more problems than just this. Even if everything works as intended, it still wouldn't work. Cars would need to slow down before leaving the main tunnel for the elevators, and it would end up a total clusterfuck with any level of car volume that isn't trivial. oh I get that but before you get into the quantum-hyper-electro-maglev-antigravity tech doesn’t someone look at the concept art and go, “uh, what if someone stops?”
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gschmidl posted:It's just Loop, not Hyperloop this is sped up video lol
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wait I can answer my own question: Elon erupts into a violent rage and fires that person on the spot
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Kraanerg posted:I feel like I’m missing something because how can it be this stupid it's not meant to make sense or be workable it's just meant to sound attractive if you don't have any expertise at all (on anything) and don't think too hard about it those conditions cover 90% of reporters, 99% of tech reporters, and 100% of investors he's just trying to sell Popular Science-esque ideas so people will keep showering him with money and fame. he has no need to ever make this public, and if he ever progresses beyond the current step then he can just change things up again like how he switched from skates to cars on rails and waited until the very last second to spring it on the reporters so they wouldn't have a chance to ask questions or think it over before the demo ride
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Streak posted:its just so god drat stupid holy poo poo
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proudly announcing our latest breakthrough: the Regular Tunnel
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gschmidl posted:The Musk of Amontillado The Musk of Amontillado: He had won the battle against himself. He loved the car.
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hobbesmaster posted:The Musk of Amontillado: He had won the battle against himself. He loved the car. In Tesla requiescat.
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peepeepants posted:OH MY GOD I'm the open convertible being driven into an unventilated noisy underground shaft
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Kraanerg posted:seriously, what is his plan for when a single car breaks down and holds up all of traffic? Probably something insane like build enough tunnels that you can reroute traffic.
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Kraanerg posted:seriously, what is his plan for when a single car breaks down and holds up all of traffic? He doesn't have a plan.
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This would be better if he had just decided that people should should ride roller coasters to work
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skip the car, make the tunnels above ground, and just do futurama.
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Elon musk is like some sort of groverhouse sequel.
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Admiral Ray posted:He doesn't have a plan. he plans on there only ever being one car in the tunnel - his.
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Iron Crowned posted:This would be better if he had just decided that people should should ride roller coasters to work this is at least conceivably achievable mass transit can you imagine this tunnel with, i dunno, 30-40 cars? all going 120mph?
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tenderjerk posted:this is at least conceivably achievable mass transit You could even enclose them for extra safety. Maybe make the seats more comfortable and less restrictive possibly with the ability to move about the interior (they could even sell snacks/drinks). Also run them on magnetic rails since that's the new thing.
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Iron Crowned posted:This would be better if he had just decided that people should should ride roller coasters to work Why isn't there a roller coaster public transit option? Roller coaster rails elevated above the ground are a lot less harmful than big concrete light rail tracks.
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infernal machines posted:fully half the replies to elon's tweet about this are people too scared/broken to take pubtrans saying how much better it is because there's no "forced interaction" can't find it again but I saw one tweet along the lines of "capacity could be even higher if people carpooled, but then you'd be sharing a vehicle with a psychopath"
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Powershift posted:Why isn't there a roller coaster public transit option? Roller coaster rails elevated above the ground are a lot less harmful than big concrete light rail tracks. Just think of how much more productive everyone would be after such an adrenaline rush at 6 in the morning
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