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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by Bromskloss on Thursday June 14, 2018 @08:58AM (#17311279)
Is that necessary? If it turns out that their machine isn't 10 times faster than others', that's just their own problem.
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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by buvanshak on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:08AM (#17311353)
Not sure. Did finishing in 1/10th time part of the contract? If not, then it we can think of the '10 times faster' claim to be bullshit which was only meant to win the bid...
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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:51PM (#17315738)
There's no advantage to promising more than needed to get the contract, and there's a big disadvantage in that projects universally tend to take too long, whether the tech is 10x better or not.
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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by Johnny555 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @05:06PM (#17315354)
Based on other transit tunneling projects, even if it just came in on time and on budget, that'd be a huge win.
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