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This is quite a read on the Hyperloop debacle

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 8:00:00

https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/how-elon-musks-sci-fi-hyperloop-failed/

This was dumb and infeasible for so many reasons.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 10:19:05, in reply to "This is quite a read on the Hyperloop debacle"

If you had a technical approach that could reduce tunneling costs, that would be great and would have lots of potential benefits. But human transport is not one of them. Even if the you could build vacuum tunnels that could shoot pods safely at high speeds, the capacity would not be high enough to make the slightest difference in mass transit.

If you could cheaply tunnel, the transit application is to extend, expand, or build more subway lines. Not develop super-high tech tubes that can transport small handfuls of people at a time.

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https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/how-elon-musks-sci-fi-hyperloop-failed/

Filling pods with handfuls of people and launching them at high velocity is not a terrible idea.

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:20:21, in reply to "This was dumb and infeasible for so many reasons."

Preferably those people are Elon Musk and anyone who thinks he's brilliant, and the pods should be launched generally in the direction of the Sun.

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https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/how-elon-musks-sci-fi-hyperloop-failed/

Arguably one of the dumbest ideas of the modern era

Posted by illini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:04:29, in reply to "This was dumb and infeasible for so many reasons."

Why we didn't deposit Musk on an ice flow in Antarctica when he brought this idea forward, I'll never know.

B/C the media acted like sea lions clapping for a treat whenever he proposed one of these BS ideas

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:28:31, in reply to "Arguably one of the dumbest ideas of the modern era"

instead of 1. Interrogating the bullshit and 2. Mocking him for said bullshit.

And they're still doing it! See his bullshit idea about putting factories on the moon.

This is the same problem with these AI CEO assholes. They talk about crap like data centers IN SPAAAAAAACE, and instead of being laughed at, the press laps it up.

The media is generally populated by innumerate and scientifically illiterate individuals

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:39:07, in reply to "B/C the media acted like sea lions clapping for a treat whenever he proposed one of these BS ideas"

they generally view anything high tech as approximating magic because they don’t understand science and math.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

But one would presume that they are capable of making a phone call or sending an email

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:40:37, in reply to "The media is generally populated by innumerate and scientifically illiterate individuals "

to someone who might be able to evaluate the feasibility of all of these bullshit ideas.

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they generally view anything high tech as approximating magic because they don’t understand science and math.

That’s a LOT more effort than recapitulating a press release *

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:41:29, in reply to "But one would presume that they are capable of making a phone call or sending an email"

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to someone who might be able to evaluate the feasibility of all of these bullshit ideas.

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they generally view anything high tech as approximating magic because they don’t understand science and math.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

But it did achieve its design goal of delaying California HSR*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 10:31:22, in reply to "This was dumb and infeasible for so many reasons."

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https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/how-elon-musks-sci-fi-hyperloop-failed/

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Now I need to figure out what WiFi 7 is meant to ruin.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 12:17:40, in reply to "But it did achieve its design goal of delaying California HSR*"

I don't think I need 46gbps.

I don’t now. My eero setup is pre covid so probably not even WiFi 6*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:40:37, in reply to "Now I need to figure out what WiFi 7 is meant to ruin."

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I don't think I need 46gbps.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

You're gonna want 46gbps for your brain implant. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:00:37, in reply to "Now I need to figure out what WiFi 7 is meant to ruin."

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I don't think I need 46gbps.

Why do I need a brain? They just cause problems.*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 13:30:57, in reply to "You're gonna want 46gbps for your brain implant. *"

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I don't think I need 46gbps.

Steve Davis sounds like a total Steve. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 9:03:04, in reply to "This is quite a read on the Hyperloop debacle"

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https://washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/how-elon-musks-sci-fi-hyperloop-failed/

I'm happy that he got a first name in the end.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 13, 2026, 12:10:55, in reply to "Steve Davis sounds like a total Steve. *"

They should probably have someone proofread these things. I guess that costs money, though.

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