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Seems like nobody except the Philippines wants to be the next Ukraine.

lmao

This reminds me how somebody pointed out that aliens are typically portrayed as monsters in capitalist media, but were generally portrayed positively in Soviet sci-fi. It kind of stuck with me.

It would have to be a big project because you don't really get the benefits otherwise. The train needs time to accelerate and decelerate, and it's only worth building a track over a very long distance where it can mostly go in a straight line at top speed.

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Indeed, I'm just noting factors in favor of building a demonstration line even if it might seem wasteful on the surface.

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you can really tell his ego is bruised

Halving travel time is not a minimal gain, but more importantly it's a demonstration of technological prowess. If China has a commercial maglev operating it's a showcase of things they can build for other countries. It's important to keep in mind that a lot of countries don't have well developed HSR systems or much rail at all. If China can now offer building maglev for them which is ahead of what any other country can do.

That's part of it, but I think the other aspect is that there's simply no alternative to Russia for Europe's energy supply.

I guess we'll see, but I don't really see why they wouldn't bother. I mean it's a way for state to create a whole bunch of employment.

Right, I find it incredible that the west still thinks they can bluff Russia into stopping the war. Like it's been three years, it's not like they haven't tried everything they can think of at this point. Does anybody seriously think that another round of sanctions or weapons supplies is going to move the needle here. Also, the whole threat of secondary sanctions is deeply unserious. Trump already tried putting high tariffs on China, and had to walk that back immediately. Everybody knows that the US can't follow through on any of the threats.

Yeah, definitely going to be interesting to watch. It's worth noting that Syria itself is very factionalized as well right now, so there could just be a massive civil war where HTS gets overthrown. The impression I'm getting is that regime change in Syria is backfiring massively for the west. Russia was able to basically walk away, but now the place is incredibly volatile, and if Israel ends up getting mired there then the US will be forced to pour in resources to prop Israel up.

That's exactly what I'm expecting as well. Israel is doing a land grab cause Syria is destabilized. What will be interesting to see is how Turkey responds. Have they made a deal behind the scenes to carve up Syria or is Israel encroaching on what Turkey planned to control right now. If latter is the case then we might actually see a proxy war between Turkey and Israel in Syria in the near future.

Saving a couple of hours per person is a lot of hours given the volume of people this infrastructure moves. Also, people are a lot more likely to go on a two hour trip than a 4 hour one. This makes it possible to go from SH to BJ and come back the same day which means you'd have a lot more people travelling and a stimulus to the economy as a result.

Yeah I read a bit more on it, and seems like it's still in prototype stages.

I do prefer reading as well, but podcasts fill the niche for people who listen on the go where they're doing something else. Like you're cleaning the house or going somewhere, you can put a podcast on and listen in the background.

I completely agree, the whole notion that the US could spin up an industrial base comparable to China seems absolutely fantastical to me. The impression I get is that the oligarchs drank the AI koolaid, and they think that they're just going to jump straight to automated factories that run themselves.

I'm glad we managed to reach a consensus in the end. :)

if only