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1. Riedler (riedler@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-2022 10:30:14 UTC Riedler

   • ☆ Dmitri ☭

   @yogthos boring? you think multi-ton hunks of steel, driven on a tight schedule and powered by invisible energy are boring? What's interesting, then?

   • ☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-2022 10:30:06 UTC ☆ Dmitri ☭

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     @Riedler I think boring more in a sense of true and tested without any fancy innovation like hyperloop, but yeah trains are amazing. :)

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-2022 13:11:43 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • ☆ Dmitri ☭
     @Riedler But autonomous autos need bleeding-edge hi-tech just to not kill both passengers and passers-by on an uneventful trip from A to B. That's exciting!
     
     Trains just avoid that whole issue by building sensible infrastructure. That's predictable. What you are describing is incremental improvements on that.
     
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   • Riedler (riedler@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 15-May-2022 13:11:44 UTC Riedler

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     • ☆ Dmitri ☭

     @yogthos but there are fancy new innovations! E.g. just the other day I saw a video on the youtube account of our federal railway system detailing how they now use 70% less …plant poison to keep the tracks intact by using cameras and 'AI' that detects plant growth on a special train.

     Also hyperloop isn't an innovation, it's a scam.