Re:The first solar road has turned out to be a disappointing...
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday August 17, 2019 @11:21PM
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Some people deduced one thing, and others deduced the other thing. There was plenty of excitement about this idea on this very site when it was first proposed. Seeing something once is better than hearing it a hundred times.
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Re:The first solar road has turned out to be a disappointing...
by LoSboccacc on Sunday August 18, 2019 @02:22AM
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only because reasonable opinion were downvoted to hell from the easily excitable crowd. I distinctly remember because I was amongst the downvoted, and dirt/rubber was one of the common concern, and it's weird to read in the article "engineers didn't think about the leaves" like, randos on internet could tell you that, what kind of cheap ass engineers were involved in the design and feasibility phase?
Re:The first solar road has turned out to be a disappointing...
by tom_mellior on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:05AM
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The two large-ish HN discussions I found with a quick search both have critical comments at the top:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11001779
Re:The first solar road has turned out to be a disappointing...
by tonyedgecombe on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:18AM
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Every Hacker News post has critical comments at the top, if you took notice of those you would never attempt anything.
Re:The first solar road has turned out to be a disappointing...
by thereisnospork on Sunday August 18, 2019 @12:26AM
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> There was plenty of excitement
The point is there shouldn't have been. Some people deduced and others hoped or willed themselves to ignorance.