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The hyperloop is dead for real this time
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Yes, it's dead this time too, as it was all the other times it was mentioned, and also when it was announced.
Hyperloop was a scam from the beginning, it never had a chance of succeeding, even if it wasn't a scam.
So Yes, it is really really dead now, and it always was.
It was literally a pipedream.
I remember hearing about it in a super slick video posted by the yt channel ColdFusion, it went on an on about how Elon was an entrepeneur, but just regurgitated the same marketing crap that was shoved out from Musk.
I also remember the Virgin Hyperloop presentation where and older speaker spoke about how the hyperloop was going to be like the internet, routing pods like packets in a network.
It allways sounded dumb, back when I first heard about it, and all the times since.
Invest in rail, not idiotic gadget bahns....
I would be very skeptical about a channel that called itself ColdFusion. Like I'd expect it to represent about zero critical thinking skills.
Branson wants to be on the edge too, trying to catch the next big thing. Mostly copying what others are doing. He is just a manchild, using his ressources as toys, seemingly based on very little knowledge. Don't expect to much from him either. At least Branson doesn't seem repulsive like Musk, but he is for sure no tech genius. Although he may be good at running a business in an area he understands.