News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new transport system (2017). Parent comment

Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by the8472 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @10:58PM (#18744324)
> and the curve radius increases exponentially vs speed.

It's merely quadratic if I recall correctly

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by bobthepanda on Sunday December 23, 2018 @02:24PM (#18747817)
Oops, I misspoke. But yeah, it's a non-linear increase in costs that results in increasingly marginal time savings.
[ Parent | on HN ]