The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done

Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by aaron695 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:14PM (#22070114)

> ELI5... why is digging a tunnel tech news? Does Elon dig them faster or more cheaply or something?

Honestly as a 5 year old you are not going to get it.

This is multi levelled. Some people just like Elon. But what's really however interesting is how Elon is changing manufacturing. It's like a new Kanban

But it's not 5 year old stuff. I'd just say,

I know all the other kids like rockets and think they are cool to watch take off, but tunnels are pretty cool to watch too.... and so are processes but that's adult stuff for now kido (and give them a wink)

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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by eloff on Thursday January 16, 2020 @09:12PM (#22071238)

Just a pet peeve, I hope I don't tell my kids it's "adults stuff" and leave it at that. I think kids can sometimes surprise you at how much they can understand. Explain it as simply as you can, and if they don't get it try again. If they still don't get it, well maybe it's too advanced for them, or maybe you can't explain it in a simple enough way.

I know I was eternally annoyed at how much adults underestimated me growing up.

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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by aaron695 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @10:02PM (#22071477)

Fair enough, I agree.

Saying it's adult stuff to children is demeaning and can temper enthusiasm and is a bad habit to get into.

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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by astrodust on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:16PM (#22070122)

So what you're saying is you can't explain it.

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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by afarrell on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:09PM (#22070878)

I think aaron is saying that the meme should be ELI15.

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