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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by mikeyouse on Thursday January 16, 2020 @10:28PM (#22071597)
Yeah they are.. they have a few, their first was just off-the-shelf technology, the second is a hybrid, and their third one is apparently fully designed by Boring Co.:

https://tunnelinsider.com/everything-we-know-about-the-borin...

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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by ericd on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:45PM (#22071928)
Pretty sure that's a joke, unless rocket engines are suddenly useful for tunnel boring...
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Re:The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done by mikeyouse on Friday January 17, 2020 @12:57AM (#22072269)
The pictures are jokes since it's proprietary to the company, but the names and descriptions are real. There were some spy shots of the gantry being used to set up 'proof-rock' awhile back:

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-the-boring-company-tunne...

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