Tech Bros Invented Trains And It Broke Me

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[@AdamSomething]

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[@marshallthedalmatian2439]

You know i can't watch your videos without oreos

[@nickvang7]

I store my oreos in my wallet

[@consolegamer1122]

you broke your affiliate link

[@jesseteixeira6284]

I have diagnosed our entire civilization with Compulsive Efficiency Disorder. It's a side effect of the perverse incentives of capitalism. Techbros always thinking about 'How can we make it sleeker, smoother, smaller, cheaper (for us, not the poors)." which always adds up to "How can we make it dumber?".

[@Dinnye01]

Adam, Why Tünde?! WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!

[@SledgeOfHouseHammer]

To truly anger Adam, the trains should go 550 kph on existing tracks, be fully automated, and mine bitcoin simultaneously.

[@johnjenkins9445]

brilliant!

[@Danielzabojca]

And use Gas for fees.

[@anmolt3840051]

Honestly autonomous trains could be very doable.

[@gabrielbravo2829]

You cannot forget the full high power LED array wrap, so that the pod can look like the sphere form las vegas

[@jasonrobinson401]

A train that uses waste heat from Bitcoin mining to run it's boiler.

[@TaranVH]

I realized some time ago that essentially all these ideas can be boiled down to: *Low latency, low bandwidth.* In other words, "Let's invent a FASTER form of transportation, for FEWER people." Which makes sense when you're a billionaire. Why care about the plebs?

[@Roxor128]

Reminds me of the old computing adage: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes speeding down the highway. A 100Mbit/s network connection has a latency of tens of milliseconds going across a state. The car full of tapes might have one of ten hours going the same distance. Still going to beat the network connection if you're sending enough data. Rough estimate puts it at about 450GB if we don't count copying time at either end. If we assume it adds three hours either end, then bump the figure up to 720GB. It's very common for researchers to get their data via HDOA - hard drives on aeroplanes. It's just much faster for someone to take a multi-terabyte hard drive in carry-on luggage on an international flight than to send 10TB of data over the Internet. Tech-bros are people who like technology but haven't learned this lesson.

[@noahroth2992]

The crossover I didn't know I needed!

[@ckm-mkc]

@@Roxor128 I worked at a company that analysed Yahoo's logs back last century. They would send us a hard drive every day....

[@stevepittman3770]

Yup, they don't care about moving lots of people quickly and efficiently, they care about being able to get where they're going faster so all of their solutions are high-speed low-capacity.

[@gsgrzegorz98]

I just invented a new future way of transportation while reading your comment that is both low latency and high bandwith. You know how there are moving sidewalks on the airports. How about we make those go 500kmh!! I know. I know. It is a brilliant idea but i won't patent it so that techbro startups can figure out the details.

[@code6bravo481]

as an American I would like to refute the claim that our mass passenger train system is a joke. jokes are funny and the system is just sad

[@LukasJampen]

Thanks gor being honest about it. As someone living in switzerland I was shocked when I learned about the state of US public transport. I always assumed that while the US is a car country there'd at least be a decent amount of long distance trains considering how often you see them building tracks in westerns or some subways and trams in cities but the later seems to have been widely demolished and the former neglected.

[@SkewtLilbttm]

​@@LukasJampenIf you enjoyed having that assumption wrecked not unlike an unmonitored train, you're in luck, because there are many more ways to be surprised by disappointment ready to go

[@Count_Smackula]

Boom!

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Funny is what happens to other people

[@dex6316]

Amtrak was so bad that the state of New Jersey built their own fully functional train system running lines into Philadelphia and NYC. NJTransit is actually fairly decent because the NJ government understands the importance of having a viable train system to move people around in the densest state in the country. I’m sure by European standards it’s not great, but it is fairly reliable with ok service.

[@GuagoFruit]

I love how quickly the trains accelerate and decelerate in the animations, like they can somehow circumvent physics and not have passengers flung around if they actually accelerate that fast.

[@ZarinuLoren]

Well, you won't have unhappy passengers if they're all turned into a paste by the end of the ride.

[@MystMagus]

Clearly the interior is filled with a quick solidifying foam on departure so the passengers will be safely preserved.

[@mizan-mq3me]

​@@MystMagus that will be expensive af for poor folk

[@idkwiainarp]

just design the seats like a rollercoaster

[@paprikagames]

casually pulling 20gs in a train sounds fun

[@uncleunicode7871]

This is why every engineer and scientist I’ve spoken to hates techbros: they want to claim membership in the scientific community but they’re incapable of even doing so much as a literature review

[@ADthehawk]

If they had that much patience, they wouldn't have become CXOs.

[@SONICKING700]

Tech Bros are what an Idea Guy grows up into if he doesn’t stop sniffing his own farts

[@nbafanboy8146]

​@@SONICKING700 Lol, Tech bros are literally the "snake oil" of oversatured doses of normies and geeks, but just less knowledgeable of physics and mathematics. Mostly, just an average redditor.

[@TomRauhe]

Reading is not for tech bros

[@olabassey3142]

what about Chief Scientists Like Ilya Susktever and Geoffrey Hinton? They are famous scientists and “tech bros”

[@radiozelaza]

soon they will blame "harsh EU regulations" for their idea not being treated seriously

[@MrHodoAstartes]

Harsh EU realities, more like. "Did you know there's 400 million people here that need moving?!" "What do you mean, there's towns around the train tracks?!"

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

@@MrHodoAstartes I'll do you one better "What do you mean you found Roman ruins while excavating the field for the extra track?"

[@4LXK]

Decels in the commission just don't get what everybody having to buy new windows would do for GDP!

[@smalltime0]

@@Daniel-yy3ty if someone put them in the ground, they can't be that important. And that's my defence for copper -theft- urban mining.

[@bean420man]

Let them. That is when you look at them and ignore them.

[@algi1]

Anyone who ever travelled by public transit knows the terrible feeling when you wait at a crowded stop and instead of a long vehicle a short one arrives.

[@grahvis]

I was once on a two car train that was normally a full four car. Not hard to imagine what an awful journey it was.

[@Beregorn88]

and it's the first one after a 12 hours strike

[@heyjakeay]

usually a Pacer

[@Manie230]

Yeah hate that. You’re standing there waiting looking around and see 50-60 people standing on the ledge waiting and then just two carts arrive you hear the growing of every person on that ledge. You hope that many of the people waiting are actually waiting for another train. And then you have to guess where the damn train is going to break and rush there to even get in. That shit happened so many times when I took the train to school. I hated it that’s why later I switched to driving per car cause it was faster more reliable and less stressful.

[@wernerderchamp]

@@Manie230 been there. And then you have to tell people to move over, not sit on the stairs and fuck first class if theres nobody inside and its the only way to get everybody aboard.

[@Eurynomos326]

All animals lead to crab. All transport leads to trains.

[@youraveragerobloxkid]

there's nothing on land as powerful as a train

[@harshsrivastava9570]

that is SO TRUE

[@TheRoboKitty]

Carcinogation is highly overblown, it has only been observed in different species of lobster Trainigation on the other hand is totally real. You can't get more efficient than coupling cars together on dedicated low-friction rails

[@awildhampter8570]

@@TheRoboKittyi will evolve into a crab to prove you wrong

[@scrollexdestiny]

@@awildhampter8570 i will too!

[@HubrQ]

The biggest joke here is that they propose modifying entire rail lines while being from Poland where famously 10 years after purchase of Pendolino trains there still isn't a single fragment of track allowing them to go at their design speed

[@pavelsovicka5292]

Czech Railways bought 7 Pendolino trains with a top speed of 230 kph, certified them for only 200 kph because there was no hope of them running faster and (a nice coincidence) on this exact day our rail operator has started 200 kph on a new section of track testing with one of the Pendolinos to see if it can go into regular service. First trainset was delivered in 2003 and regular operation of Czech Pendolinos started in 2005...

[@HubrQ]

@@pavelsovicka5292 in Poland they have top speed of 250 kph and are that's what they're certified for but so far there's only one small section that allows them to go 200 kph, anywhere else they go maximum of 160,. They are running since 2014, purchased in 2011 and at first they wanted to buy ones in '97

[@TheDallas62]

I'm not sure this is entirely true, but still the purchase of Pendolino was such as stupid, image driven decision. Many of Polish major cities aren't services by Pendolino, because for example the newly renovated train station doesn't have the right platforms to be able to receive the Pendolino, thus this city is skipped from the schedule. The other fantastic decision was to renew the Berlin-Warsaw line for the Euro 2012, which took 2-4 years of delays, substitute buses etc. They finished the renovation and just 2 years later realised: wait! we haven't adjusted this line for the Pendolino! It can't drive here at full speed, nor can it fit on the platforms of the cities it would be going through (Poznan, the city halfway between Warsaw and Berlin would be a great example as it took 10 years since the purchase of Pendolino to add it to the net) even though having the high speed rail connection to the capital of the neighbouring country that is also our biggest economical partner should be a no brainer. So they renewed the freshly renewed Berlin-Warsaw line again

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

At least it can tilt

[@VilemOtte0901]

@@pavelsovicka5292 There are multiple sections of tracks in Czech allowing that speed construction wise (F.e. Brno-Breclav - track 251 and 252) but not legal-wise. Some trains do travel at over-speed-limit there, it is based on-request and all crossings have to be closed (removing remaining 2 with level crossing is extremely challenging because of nimby). The ones where it is also legally possible are circular test tracks. Of course we're still far behind French who had 574kph TGV running almost 2 decades back on their standard high-speed track. It, though, was locked down for test as single train required a lot of power and it had bigger wheels - both changes are possible to do within much smaller budget than these dumb solutions like hyperloop or mag-train (you still need those tracks though - expensive, but definitely possible and investment will pay back when trains are preferred over cars (which means significantly cheaper and faster ... sadly they're neither in Czech)).

[@kebabinii7577]

If I had a dollar for every time a tech bro invented a less efficient train, I would have enough money to start my own less efficient train project

[@SweetTodd]

Like where's the rest of the train bruh

[@bananafoneable]

You didn't hear the part where they were going to integrate "blockchain technology" 😂 Every single time I've ever heard blockchain technology in industry or area of expertise in it doesn't ever belong in

[@ieuanhunt552]

You hit the nail on the head. These techbros cannot fathom sharing the same oxygen with the poors.

[@ad_astra5]

@@bananafoneablewhat does blockchain even mean in that context?

[@willowarkan2263]

@@ad_astra5 Star trek techno babble at this point.

[@gabriellivanec1176]

A person from the Czech Republic here. My father drives trains. Just so you know, we are trying to get better at not crashing stuff (its a sort of a recent epidemic, we didnt do that very often a few years back). The crash you shown was caused by the installation of the ETCS - not becasue it would be bad or anything, but because some clown decided that during a reconstruction of part of the track we would uninstall MIREL (our control system), let the track run for about half a year without anything and then as the reconstruction would finish wed turn on the ETCS on that track. And then the RegioJet driver decided to ignore a stop signal, so here we are. Yay.

[@derda1304]

didn't you also buy trains that are locked down on a software-level to be basically un-maintainable? i think CCC did a jailbreak of one of your trains so you would be able to repair it? or something? Besides that, i like the czech train services. good price, nice trains (but i'm rarely in CR)

[@arianberndt1889]

@@derda1304 No, that was NEWAG in Poland.

[@zephyrna6249]

Classic Regiojet being a shitty, poorly managed mess of a company.

[@derda1304]

@@arianberndt1889 sorry, you all look the same to me 🤣 (sorry)

[@hendrik7354]

​@arianberndt1889 do they have anything to do with Pesa? We got Pesa Links running on some local networks here in Brandenburg, and these things cause so many damn problems.....

[@olegoleg258]

It's really hilarious how the train seems to be the crab in the world of transportation "Sir, we've got results from the AI we dedicated to designing a new, efficient method of transporting massive amounts of cargo and people across destinatjons..." "Alright, let me see... multiple containers, all connected to and moved by a center piece with an engine over dedicated infrasttructure...wha- that's just a train! Run the similation again"

[@Cyborg_Lenin]

Ah yes, trainification

[@Ali-cya]

In the animal world, everything turns to crab, in the transportation world, everything turns to train.

[@nicodemusedwards6931]

In 2077, Tech Bros will discover this incredible innovation called the Ox and Cart.

[@gavinmccarty7865]

And in 4305, they'll discover the Hammer and Chisel!

[@yko787]

Imagine you could buy groceries, cover them in dirt and they will grow under sunlight and produce more of their kind, which in turn can be also covered in dirt... It is an infinite food glitch. We will solve world hunger by expanding this tech in rural Africa!

[@AlexanderDonahue]

Cartpunk 2077

[@maxireigl1919]

It's Bio-Robotics! Nature-inspired transportation!

[@grapetoad6595]

It's a novel and innovative idea. The ox is fueled entirely by biodegradable and sustainable materials, and it has intelligent steering and driving capabilities, so no worries about it not working on anything but the rockiest of roads. The cart is made from renewable materials, with a modular "Plank" design, which means all parts are easily interchangeable, and easy to repair. For the discerning client who worries about splinters or the axle failing, there will be a subscription service to repair any damage on travels with ease. Only £300 per month.

[@TJK4605]

"We should make it go 550kph!" "Cool. if you care to look out the window, we have this thing called geography. It disagrees."

[@MagnumCarta]

I am imagining a train that flew off the ground, stops in mid-air, looks down, and then holds a picket sign saying "gulp" before plummeting directly down.

[@falcongamer58]

​@MagnumCarta that's something Drake would do

[@Somebody3928]

​@@MagnumCartaadd "controlled landing" and you have, believe it or not, an airplane

[@recon_laksh742]

at that point it will just take off like a bullet (hmmmm railgun)

[@proximacentauri1B]

550 kph would make anyone just... die from cringe because HOW DO YOU TURN, HOW DO YOU GO THROUGH MOUNTAINS, ANYTHING REALLY

[@Caparzo27]

One small addition: In Germany, a train doesn't count as delayed if it gets cancelled. In addition to that, trains that are already late are much more likely to get cancelled. Some even speculate that the DB intentionally cancels the ones that are 40+ minutes late to trick the statistic.

[@ExActa]

As I said in another comment, I don't know why we just learned to accept that since I'd say punctuality is a big thing here usually.

[@maxis5427]

Same in italy. Cancelled train doesn't count as delayed and 40+ minutes train are probably gonna be cancelled anyway so give up on the idea and hope for a next one. if there is a next one. Tbh, I'm always surprised to listen that italy's train network gets so acclaimed or put neck and neck with the japanese's one. I know we've really good trains, really good tracks and decent coverage for major cities (there are really big differencies in coverage/quality between north and south italy) but does it really matter when the service itself fucking sucks?

[@DominicExcedol]

that sounds excatly like the sort of descision an AI would make.

[@marzipancutter8144]

@@ExActa I mean what are you going to do? They have effectively no competition, no incentive to change and there's no feasible coalition of Parties that unilaterally cares about Public Transport. Or well, the Ampel would have been if Lindner gave a single fuck about the economy.

[@ExActa]

@@marzipancutter8144 I don't think they can really change much about what previous governments did to it because if anyone tried to take power away from them at this point, I doubt they would go silently into that good night.

[@kelleren4840]

This has always been my complaint with people talking about automatic cars. "Imagine how nice it would be to sit back and relax in your own private space and read a book on your way to work!" Yeah... literally a train dude. Literally a train.

[@AhmedEx1.]

What car dependency does to a society

[@pancakedev6]

to be honest in a car it can be just you and only you in a train you still need to be mindful of the people around you

[@keltzar1]

@@pancakedev6 It turns out we live in a society and we must come face to face with other human beings if we want something that works well for society.

[@marmedalmond9958]

@@pancakedev6 Well then there is Uber. or a taxi. Or first class/second class train or plane

[@AnantMall]

1. Privacy 2.last mile connectivity How tf is it the same?!

[@FlushGorgon]

I've got an idea: the Hypercatapult, launching pods hundreds of kms away at high speed. Low energy, low infrastructure, no driver.

[@chrismaina1830]

And high risk of death which will help with overpopulation

[@hardrays]

repurpose the spin launch salvage

[@aegisScale]

Perfect for warfare too!

[@Carewolf]

As long as it is only for billionaires.

[@neoqwerty]

@@Carewolf Can we extend it to cryptobros too

[@Tymdek]

"That's not a rail service, that's a traveling exhibition" bruh, that was brutal lmao

[@predatorasap5040]

Techbro detailed walkthrough -Find thing that is perfectly find and serves its purpose -Make it completely inefficient -Make it a pod or make it have symmetrical edges whatever is your poison -Slap LEDs on it -Slap a "smart" AI on it -Present it as a revolutionary new tech via cheap CGI presentation -Rinse and repeat until some dumb billionaire invest or a dictator finds it

[@spaceacepl4636]

when all else fails, pitch it to saudi arabia or the emirates

[@SuperBalders]

and there's some other obstacle too: Humans and... ANIMALS. Imagine Bambi switching sides and not realizing it's soon getting obliterated by a 550 mph vehicle. while Bambies non disintegrated pieces fly like shrapnells through the place. Lovely.

[@valdir7426]

yeah it's already a big issue having a 300 kph line stay safe; usually it's not accessible at all

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

There is a principal here, much like carcinization, where any tech bro invention left to evolve for a long enough period will take on train like characteristics

[@veronicamaine3813]

It’s like the final evolutionary form being crab.

[@Candlemancer]

​@@veronicamaine3813 yes, that's what "carcinization" is

[@taureon_]

what should the name for it be? trainsition?

[@Elcore]

The difference is crabs are cool, useful, and perfectly adapted to their environment.

[@TheChilaxicle]

Yo thanks for the new vocab word what an interesting concept

[@Hukkavei]

Instead of a faster train, i just want my town to have a normal rail connection so I could actually use the train system, and not drive 60km to the nearest station before I can hop on a train

[@marzipancutter8144]

We have a perfectly fine rail connection here but it's only serviced by an antique museum train that only drives on weekends and costs three times as much. But at least you can buy and drink beer in it 🙃

[@followerofteaandspice1815]

@@marzipancutter8144 sounds nice for a weekend

[@marzipancutter8144]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@followerofteaandspice1815 It really is, and it makes for great field trips. I still would like something for daily commute though, and lately there has been a bipartisan push by our local government to putting those rails to more use. Let‘s see what comes of it.

[@000Converse000]

Swiss here. Great video! As far as I know, most of our trains COULD drive faster, but they limit max speeds everywhere except when you're far away from any cities or villages. And it's not because the tracks couldn't handle it, it's because the tracks are rarely completely walled in, so it's possible for branches, animals, and especially people, to get on the tracks. Trains don't plan on just plowing through whatever gets in their way, they actually want a chance to slow down / brake if necessary. I know some train conductor and they are getting training for specific tracks / areas in the sense of "Watch out in this specific bend / crossing, there's a high chance for cows on the tracks there" and so on. Not too long ago we further limited the top speed in cities since there were too many instances of suicide by train. Lower top speeds in densely populated areas gives the conducters a bigger window to break in these events. (PS: I really appreciate the usage of the Starcraft 1, Sims 2 and AoE 1 soundtracks.)

[@michka841]

the funny thing about 550 kph is that... the French TGV, going on regular rails, has reached a record speed 574.8 kph on a test track, so their technology of the future is slower than existing trains which already work and shuttle people all over Western Europe the funniest thing is that the only thing preventing the TGV from going at such speeds on a regular basis is not the track, but the overhead lines who have to be extra tense for wave reasons I won't go into here

[@Hungary_0987]

Please go into them, i will read it

[@Whitephosphorenjoyer]

Tell us the resons, @michka841

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

​@@Hungary_0987 noise, safety, and energy is mainly what's stopping them

[@re57k]

Also, they achieved 500-ish km/h in the 90s so it's been possible for at least 25 years. As for the wave thing, if I had to guess it's because the tension from the pantograph going through and contacting the OHLE at such high speed will cause the wires to oscillate dangerously close to the pantograph at amplitudes dangerous enough that it may get snapped/entangled on it, which is why they had to increase the tension in the wires so that it has less room to oscillate, did I get that right?

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

TGV was specially modified and had the French open the energy current much higher than normal to get to that speed.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I am NOT an expert on railroads. That said, the *_"...on existing track..."_* bit IMMEDIATELY gave me a 🚩.

[@SolariusScorch]

You're right. However, "we'll build new tracks" sounds even worse... :)

[@1Grainer1]

i heard polish there, so i can inform you, that image of Budapest railroads is exactly what we have, trains are constantly late because of bad infrastructure... tech bros never went aboard a real train in country they live in from my experience, i can tell you, train going from Warsaw to Biała Podlaska or Brest will not exceed 160km/h, it's all elevated rails on gravel, with concrete when it has crossing for cars

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

@@SolariusScorch>>> It is PUTTING UP THE CASH to _"build new tracks"_ that is the problem.

[@SolariusScorch]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman Not only that, it also occupies a lot of space where people live, not to mention environmental issues etc. But yeah, that's a big problem as well.

[@zephyrus1161]

Every time I'm able to take a train I feel like I've entered some utopia where I'm not tied to a horrible, stressful, polluting car. American moment lol

[@Zigfried207]

Literally, the reason why, living in a city where there are trolleybuses, trams, buses, metro, and all this is available for a reasonable monthly subscription, I don't even want to bother getting a license and car, searching parking lot, service it etc. I sure want car, but as a some sort of luxury. To go to nature, for example, or just to get pleasant emotions from a slow trip on a sunny weekend along the embankment

[@CRYSTALCLAWED]

Man I went to England for a week and not fearing for my fucking life every time I wanted to cross the street made coming back here feel like stepping back into hell

[@PointsofData]

Uh...where tf are you guys driving that it gives you stress just being in the car? LA? Cause...that is not a wholly American experience. I much prefer driving to any public transport _because_ it's so much less stress and more privacy and ultimately gets me where I need to be faster. But I live in Ohio so I can understand if NY or Cali are different.

[@theEumenides]

The German numbers are even worse than the chart suggests. When DB fully cancels the train, it's not added to their delay statistics. It can't be late if it never ran in the first place!

[@cyrusol]

It should be mentioned that every train with a delay of >1 hour officially counts as canceled, which of course pushes down official delay numbers. If you're driving on the main axis (roughly Stuttgart - Mannheim - Frankfurt - Bonn - Cologne - Düsseldorf - Hannover - Berlin/Hamburg) then you simply have to expect BIG problems every single time. 3 hours delay? Having to take a replacement train? Broken doors? Broken toilets? Trains taking the wrong turn... it happens all. The main reason right now is a lack of tracks and switches or lack of proper maintenance for those, as dumb as it sounds.

[@Parciwal_Gaming]

It'll take at least 10 years if DB gets everything it needs and everything works out as planned, to get the railways back to a "normal" state (No train tracks in serious disrepeair)

[@murphy7801]

It's so weird that french trains put the Germans to shame

[@---zh8qn]

@@murphy7801 the problem is not the rains itself but the whole railway system which was severly underfunded for over a decade now, and it does not seem like it is going to change. Privatizing the railway system was the worst thing germany could have done with it

[@cyrusol]

@@murphy7801 Well, the idea to use separate tracks for HSR is just awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed trains in Benelux countries and France.

[@LoreJelly]

"Nevomo, a Polish deep-tech startup" As a Polish person, we do not accept them as our own

[@akosbarati2239]

Nevomo, brought to you by the mzastermind behind the 365 Dni series :D

[@petrfedor1851]

They thing Polish history don't have enough disasters.

[@nyekomimi]

As a polish person - our rails are NOT suited for anything high-speed.

[@liepsan]

As a Dutch person - our country is too small to benefit from anything high-speed.

[@DominikPlaylists]

Warszawa Gdańsk w pendolino to średnio 180km/h, 250km/h max.

[@angeliquevampir9327]

I am from Florida and I just like trains I want the train to be slow so I can record it

[@wojciechkalinski8451]

@@DominikPlaylists Warszawa-Gdańsk to 130km/h średnio i 200km/h max. Nigdzie w Polsce pociągi nie przekraczają 200km/h,

[@hazai2586]

As a German person i like my trains spot on 10 minutes late on time as per usual.

[@PineappleDealer37]

"We will automate the trains!" As a person who has played factorio and OpenTTD before, I'd like to see how they'd solve the train deadlock problem (Multiple trains getting stuck on a single track crossing, where each train is blocking another making it impossible for any of the trains to move)

[@plazasta]

The funniest part in this is, as others pointed out, Japan is already building a 500 km/h maglev. The TGV's experimental top speed in 574.8 km/h. Those speeds have already been achieved by current technology, so their only "innovation" is their claim of doing it on existing infrastructure, aka the most laughably unrealistic part of their project

[@vylbird8014]

That's the problem with maglev. It's potentially faster than high-speed rail, but not by very much - certainly not enough to justify the greatly higher construction and operating costs.

[@generalrubbish9513]

To be fair, they also want to break up the trains into individual pods that physically CANNOT be linked together, use the pods to run freight containers that have already spent weeks sitting on a container ship, and let AI have full unsupervised control of their maglev missiles zooming at nearly half the speed of sound. Clearly, there's plenty of iNnoVatiOniNg to be had here.

[@plazasta]

@@generalrubbish9513 of course! But I, too, can be a great innovator by going "I have brought in a revolution by reinventing the wheel! I made it square!"

[@generalrubbish9513]

@@plazasta Yes, that was my point lol. Their idea of "innovating" is to take something that already exists and make it worse, as is the usual pattern.

[@laurencefraser]

@@vylbird8014 It's kind of similar to monorail in that it has valid use cases where it's not a gadgetbahn, they're just Really niche. In the case of the one being built in Japan, it's not just 'faster because it's a maglev', it's also faster because it's straighter, more level, lighter weight and what I'm going to call 'super express', that is, even Less intermediate stops than the existing express lines.... And even with all of that it's still only viable because the regular high speed rail on the corridor it's supplmenting has already reached it's full capacity. It's not practical to fit more people on the trains, and it's not safe to fit more trains on the track, but they need to move more people on that route. The maglev's entire point is basically to get the people who have money and need to get from one major city to the other Fast to buy a rail ticket rather than a plane ticket (because the maglev still has all the advantages on that route that rail has over air travel, if less so in the case of price and comfort) while Also getting them OFF the regular high speed rail so that said regular high speed rail can carry more people who are not in a situation where paying more for a slightly worse seat to cut ... was it two hours? more? off the travel time seems like a worthy while thing to do. (I forget the exact numbers, but it was a Substantial reduction in trip time). And when they're already spending all that money on punching holes straight through mountains, building massive viaducts (and, as a consequence, running the new line through a less siesmicly active area than where the existing one goes) etc... well, why NOT spend the extra on making it both even faster AND something of a status symbol/tourist attraction? But yeah, Maglev isn't worth it if you're not already running into capacity limits on a system and route that already has that sort of throughput. there's only a couple of corridors in the world other than the japanese one where it's being built where maglev would be financially viable.

[@dbattleaxe]

Trains are vastly easier to automate than cars. The fact it's still a hard problem with trains just shows how ridiculous self-driving car concepts are.

[@VitalVampyr]

There's a lot of functioning autonomous rail systems though, many are decades old.

[@magicboxhead9448]

I would argue do to the constraints of trains, automating cars is easier, and automating cars have gotten really good. Check out a video of Tesla self drive, as it’s getting amazing

[@dbattleaxe]

@@magicboxhead9448 Cars have so many uncontrolled variables to account for. There's so many edge cases. The constraints of trains mean fewer things that need to be accounted for. The automation of trains is also in the infrastructure itself, built for the automation systems, whereas cars have infrastructure built for human drivers and self-driving has to try to interpret those signals which will never be as reliable.

[@robojimtv]

Train automation is easy in a single loop which is why you often see it at airports. It's harder on multi branching networks but not impossible.

[@dimitralex1892]

you have a train, which can only drive on tracks and more or less only have to accelerate, break, open and close doors. maybe i am wrong but navigating like changing tracks is not done by the driver himself as far as i understand it. also many parts like crossings are already automated. also in general on tracks are only trains, no people or bikes. soooop... with all that in mind, how can one assume its easier to automate a car which can drive on road and off road, which have to park in and out, keep an eye on everyone on the whole street. you have special cases like ambulances and police where you not only have to stop, but maybe make way for them. also there are many many more cars on the streets than there are trains on the track. i really cannot follow your arguments...

[@the_niss]

Plz remember: the only reason why we germans can reach those giga chat numbers is because we don't count trains that never arrive. After a certain amount of time we cancel late trains, so they don't show up in our statistics. Our trains are bad EVEN AFTER CHEATING!

[@dqw4w9wgxcq32]

As an American fan of trains, your frequent insulting of my trains hurt my feelings deeply. To comfort myself, I had to take my Ford F150 for a ride and run it through a local schoolyard. They yelled "Call the cops!" but I laughed, kicked my feet and giggled knowing this is America so the cops wouldn't show up for another 3-4 business days. Then, I got a burger, went home and watched football (the real kind) while snuggling with my AR-15, knowing it would keep me safe from any other maniac trying to insult my country's public transportation. God Bless America, nerds

[@injusticeanywherethreatens4810]

Lol thanks for this.

[@deskpro256]

Thank you for your service!

[@cokesquirrel]

Damn that made me laugh

[@pleasy13]

Your police turn up in 3-4 business days? In the UK it's now about 7. Based on my last experience anyway....

[@LARAUJO_0]

Pfp checks out. That said, it's almost certainly an AI image rather than a photo. Also, the username is random characters and the channel's about section is in binary so that's.. weird to say the least

[@slaughterchainsaw]

All of these projects can be summed in "we hate poor people, so here's an inconvenient, inefficient and unrealistic to isolate us from them"

[@mizan-mq3me]

Damn bro 😂

[@AJX-2]

I just want to be able to get to work (in the city I live in???) without being harassed by insane people or having to tiptoe around used needles. I don't think that's an unreasonable thing to want.

[@maximusdecimus2142]

@@AJX-2Never heard of that issue in my home country, in my entire life, ever I take the metro every day for several years and I have never seen a single homeless/insane person If your country doesn't allow you to safely ride public transport, it needs to fix the mental health/homelesness crisis, not abandon public infrastructure

[@object1ion]

I hate "summed" up takes that completely disregard actual nuanced reason. When a large part of society wants to be productive, peaceful, and unbothered, it is quite obvious why the isolation is necessary. Since we cant have insane asylums, the general public should be able to choose to separate from the insanity on city streets.

[@someverycool4552]

@@maximusdecimus2142 Which country are you from?

[@arsmariastarlight3567]

See Starsector image I see that you're a man of culture, Adam. Truly a space cargo fleet experience

[@snark894]

i was hoping someone else would notice it!!

[@an0idiot0of0use]

As an American, I'd like to say that you're completely correct: Our high-speed rail system is just a story we tell our kids. Kinda like Santa.

[@jeffersonclippership2588]

It's a shame we hate poor people more than we value our time

[@robertcarter9644]

Even existing passenger rails is still garbage. Although I try to still take the trains because screw the auto industry

[@EricBrummer]

Santa is far more plausible to children because... they actually see evidence in their own lives.

[@mememachine6022]

​@@robertcarter9644 one thing amtrak has over european trains is their fucking huge and comfy seats. But that maybe because the average american is double my size and weight

[@VickyHong1879]

@@mememachine6022they have to be big and comfortable because despite being capable of well over 120kmh, the trains rarely break 60, because the rails are mostly the rotting remnants of century old infrastructure, so you’ll be on that train all day

[@Fusilier7]

Techbros : Noun - A adult nerd who conforms to geek stereotypes without being smart, as they over-engineer existing tech, without actual education in science or engineering, but has a trust-fund, thus entitles them into engineering the public in their designs, without even knowing that public, because Techbros come from gated communities isolated from grievances and experiences of average people, bends the public to their will, because they have trust-fund money, and makes life more difficult for those who cannot benefit from this over-engineering.

[@lucasrem]

Mad Elon basher he is, Hong Kong China people ! Take the train to China levels...

[@ViaConDias]

Throw in some narcissism and you hit the nail on the head.

[@MustraOrdo]

Techbros: "Meritocracy? What's that? Can I pod it?"

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I don't have any science or engineering education either (outside of the regular stuff in school obviously), but to me it's very obvious when a simple solution is better.

[@pessien8474]

​@@HappyBeezerStudiosyeah but to ignore that, you need a bubble of people who think the same thing as you! Seriously, if some sort of comic book villain exists in this world, these morons would be the mules who would act as a stepping stone for said villain. Them and their groups are THAT cartoony.

[@someguy9520]

Having recently traveld to japan, I thoroughly enjoyed the absolutely efficient, fast, convenient, fairly priced Shinkansen connections 500km in 2hrs and 10min for 84eur with reserved seats. Very very quiet, little to no vibrations, even through turns we kept speeds of 250+ km/h We did real world average speeds of 260-280km/h. Trains were at most 16sec late(measure with a radio controlled watch) Just incredible

[@InfernosReaper]

The trains are nice. The only problem is transportation when get out of the train station, especially if you have mobility issues, but rumor has it Japan is going to finally stop treating low speed electric scooters/mobility aids as vehicles within a few years, so that'll help considerably

[@TPixelAdventures]

*EDIT Reason for the quiet is that the Shinkansen transitions to an air cushion after hitting >100kmph, if i remember right. Once the train gets up to speed, it activates a pneumatic suspension to decouple the wheels from the passenger compartments. It's a true delight to experience, and booking tickets also shows you which side you have to sit on to catch a glimpse of Mt Fuji or the ocean 👍

[@InfernosReaper]

@@TPixelAdventures They are not maglev. Maglev's not gotten widespread adoption because it's a power vampire

[@TPixelAdventures]

@@InfernosReaper wait, you're right. They're just high speed rail systems. How the heck do they silence the wheels so well then? Noise cancelling in the cabs?

[@balibee91]

​@@TPixelAdventures they designed the whole system to be as quiet and fast as possible from the start. that's it. they put some thoughts into it from the beginning.

[@whitefalcon630]

Why people think if cargo goes faster it will be cheaper? If you crank up the spec of warehouse forklifts to 30mph you won't get a more efficient warehouse. You get more and much devastating accidents that might cost the life of the operators too. Faster is not better. Faster is more expensive because of the safety measures you need to implement because going faster is not safer than going slower with cargo.

[@dbclass4075]

Even if they do not crash, the increased energy requirement for higher speeds would already caused reduction in efficiency.

[@62cky4powerthirst]

There is a page I follow called "Did Silicon Valley re-invent the bus again?" and every post I see is more stupid than the last. If AI is going to automate any jobs, let it automate the CEO's.

[@RadikAlice]

AI CEO actually sounds cool ngl. Imagine they make an absurd decision that actually leads to success, gambling is peak human

[@Roxor128]

Automating the CEO would be a single line function: bool evaluate_proposal(void* proposal_data) { return true; } No branches needed.

[@MxAmericanPi]

3:04 > "Trains are highly efficient" > *Shows a clip of NJ Transit* (Yes I know that NJ Transit is far better than what most of the US has but that's sort of like eating a hot dog off the ground when you're starving and calling it good food)

[@zdanee]

The best thing about this channel is that you will never run out of topics, the Universe is finite but human stupidity is infinite.

[@louis18071957]

In France, without any levitation technology, we already have a TGV that reached a speed of 574.8 km/h between Bordeaux and Paris for a record in 2007. It's actually just a regular TGV without any kind of levitation technology.

[@beeble2003]

Actually, it wasn't a regular TGV. Or rather, it _was_ a regular TGV but they reduced it to five cars, fitted larger wheels (effectively increasing the gear ratio) and motorized two extra trucks that would normally be unpowered. They also relaid the track to increase banking on curves, increased the power line voltage from 25kV to 31kV and increased the mechanical tension on the power lines to reduce sway. But they didn't add levitation, that's true.

[@Isnogood12]

@@beeble2003 The very emodiment of "ackchyually." I mean, it was very interesting too. :D

[@Zigfried207]

@@beeble2003 Still more realistic than the concept from the video

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

George Stephenson invented trains 2 miles from my house 200 years ago. He did such a good job, they still haven't replaced his design. Just thought I'd post here and boast about it!

[@joshiderniemalslacht8398]

He didn't really invent the train. The Stephenson brothers improved the design of the steam locomotive, invented by Richard Trevithick. The Rocket went on to inspire the design of almost all Steam locomotives that came after it with almost all locomotives after the Rocket adapting it's system and general layout.

[@joshiderniemalslacht8398]

So they didn't really invent the train, but they did pretty much invent the "modern" steam locomotive.

[@duckpotat9818]

@@joshiderniemalslacht8398 to add to that, rail tracks have existed since like forever and were used with man power

[@Isnogood12]

I mean, it's kind of a weird flex, but I'll allow it. We all need a W once in a while.

[@Dullahan161]

1930: "Sorry to say, but the mine's closing down gentlemen. Diesel trains have replaced the need for our coal." 2024: "Sorry to say, but the shaft's closing down gentlemen. Crypto bros figured out how to run a train on dogecoin mining."

[@JohnFWitt]

The real reason none of these tech bro products stand up to any sort of scrutiny is because they’re not meant to be viable in the first place. They only need to be just convincing enough to make some 3D models and maybe a video or two to show investors so they can soak up those sweet, sweet venture capital bucks. The “pod” design makes it look like you’ve made something new, and is also easier to make a 3D mockup of than something with lots of details.

[@tonipwneroni9846]

Tech Bros: What if we made high speed submarine pods that snuck under the waves for passengers and freight to DiSrUpT the aviation industry, and also used said pods as modular Seasteading constructions? Also, they mine bitcoins and can be used to construct things like oil rigs and space ports.

[@maclypse]

"That's not a rail service! That's a traveling exhibition!" I love you so much; you brighten all my darkest days.

[@LouisChang-le7xo]

to be fair, there's literally nothing in the middle of America except small towns, and most sleeper trains only run once a day.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

honestly, the deadpan delivery of "and key decision makers smoked enough crack to consider it a good idea..." sent me.

[@Alknix]

0:35 Killing the public transport network for the sake of automotive industry is literally the plan of the villain from "Who framed Roger Rabbit". Who was also an insane cartoon character.

[@Handlesarestoopid]

Its already happened before. Its the reason why the Pacific Electric company (which cameo'd in the movie) ended up dying. Car companies lobbied politicians in LA to shut down PE to force people to buy cars. So much intercity rail history in SoCal destroyed because GM was mad that there was something that made their cars pointless

[@Waculin]

Puerto Rico had a train that went all around the island and a growing urban public transportation network. The train was dismantled, the public transportation was scuttled in order to sell concrete, steel and construction contracts… later motor vehicles which are taxed extremely high due to them being shipped by boat along with a fixed import policy that every item imported has to go to Jacksonville, Fl first. *Hawaii and Alaska have the same policy except with San Diego, Oakland and Seattle

[@albevanhanoy]

That Chinese mail was an absolute gem that stayed on screen for 2 seconds "Ni hao need 20 containers fast" Fucking slayed me

[@TasteOfButterflies]

And I have questions about the wall calendar in the same segment.

[@Dudofall]

Literally death stranding

[@kawabatayuri]

𝘁𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀.

[@RJKilroy]

To hammer the points about speed home, the maximum tested speed of the TGV is 574 kilometers per hour.

[@jpjude68]

i imagine the conversation: guy 1: dude i just realised guy 2 : yeh what? guy 1: trains are like.... buses on rails... guy 2 : daaamn that's crazy bruh guy 1 : i know right? guy 2 : but... wait bro... i got an idea bro guy 1 : huh? guy 2 : buses are slow, right? guy 1 : yea?.. guy 2 : what if there was like a hypercar on rails.. like a hypertrain guy 1 : brooooooo ur a fckin genius

[@KINGVONFRM063]

You just leaked every tech bros braindead private conversation with each other⚠️

[@dqw4w9wgxcq32]

Good comment but you switched Guy 1 and 2 around halfway through

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

When I was a kid, I always wanted the world to be like it is in futuristic movies. It is now clear to me that the future as protrayed in movies is just the real world but less efficient.

[@razorback9999able]

I dreamt the same too, but we must face the reality that some futuristic things people try to strive for are unrealistic and impossible that they aren't worth trying. Sometimes, the most tried and true is the optimal solution. Appreciate with what you have today, instead of asking for more from the future.

[@tristanridley1601]

One day, our descendants will get around by deep underground evacuated maglev trains. The future is always coming, and some ideas are too obvious not to arrive eventually. But the future takes A LONG TIME to get here. Coruscant is plausible. Just... you know... the year 10,000 or something.

[@InfernosReaper]

Unfortunately, we're getting the cyberpunk dystopias instead

[@A_Tired_Imp]

​@@InfernosReaper But without the fancy cybernetics and all the cools neons. I have nothing against living in a cyberpunk world, just give me my implants and my neons, God dammit !

[@InfernosReaper]

@@A_Tired_Imp To be fair, a lot of cyberpunk-style dystopias aren't flashy in most places. It's mostly bland buildings that are barely maintained

[@NerdGlasses256]

As a Hungaryan, I love how you used our wery mutch messed upp railway system to show just how mutch better it is than.... That oversized supersonix sextoy or whatever.

[@InfinityDz]

"We're gonna use AI to blablabla" is my new bat signal for "we're stupid tech bros that know nothing of what we're talking about" and their AI is probably gonna be if/else structures or algorithms that existed before computers were a thing.

[@DAAI741]

as an American, everything i learn about european transit infrastructure makes me cry

[@Unethical.Dodgson]

Hear me out, guys! A big airship of sorts... it can go around 400-500mph and it can skip traffic by moving from one station to another directly through the air. It would be a pod with big aerodynamic lift modules designed to make it defy gravity. We can call it the AnemoPod.

[@qui-gonsgin8747]

🤯

[@Georgi_Slavov]

The typical airship is 20 meters across-how are u gonna make it travel(and they usually fly low where u have dense air) at 500 mph with such a cross section?!thats 800km/h!

[@dominik13579]

Much disruptive Sir, respect!

[@steemlenn8797]

I am full of Pyro and totally Aggravated!

[@Grievous_Nix]

@@Georgi_Slavov make it narrower and longer for better aerodynamics!

[@nat9909]

It only took their entire adult lives to invent something that has been around for literally 200 years. Genius works in mysterious ways.

[@EikeSky]

6:52 "it's like saying you'll build a water park in the middle of the sahara" ADAM DONT GIVE THE TECHBROS IDEAS

[@marcogenovesi8570]

that's what saudis have been doing for a while. Dubai has an indoor skiing thing

[@Rexotec]

To put into perspective the actual infeasibility that minimum railway curves produce for high speeds (in case you think there is a tech solution): Conventional Rail minimum curves (at speed) are roughly 800-1200 metres in radius. The Chuo Shinkansen maglev, which is going to operate at a max speed of 505km/h, has a minimum curve of *8,000* metres in radius. You cannot 'upgrade' the tracks to run faster without violating the laws of physics. Track curvature increases exponentially with speed, even if you angle tracks, tilt the trains, redistribute the weight blah blah blah you can't outdo physics.

[@gregoryferraro7379]

Who needs stations? If you need to get on the train going by at 500+ kph, you just jump for it. They can put open hatches along the roof or something. Just aim for the hatch while you jump. Perfect! The pod never needs to stop!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

They just put up a net.

[@markwright3161]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Royal Mail in the UK used to do that for post/mail bags. A pole folded out the side of the train as it approached a station it wasn't stopping at to collect bags on the platform, or hanging from a pole on the platform, and I think mail bags being dropped off where thrown into a net possibly. There's absolutely no reason human passengers can't just be handed a -coat hanger- Passenger Operations Off Platform system with their tickets to tuck into the neck of their shirt and stand in a line at the edge of the platform ready to be scooped up by their train. :)

[@midnightflare9879]

You don't have to be an industry expert to know you can't turn century old tracks held in place by wooden planks into maglev.

[@steampunk1902]

bro even the most oldest train can be more efficient than that thing

[@chrisVNZ]

How come there is not a single Tech Bro that understands Metal Fatigue??

[@notever_everytime5074]

Because they aren't real engineers.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Honestly, not one of the strongest points: metal fatigue has plagued regular trains as well, just like hair-fractures. It was the reason for the Eschede disaster with the ICE.

[@chrisVNZ]

@@Dutch3DMaster yes but it becomes an issue much faster if you're Grifting investors by telling them you're designing a train that goes fast on regular tracks. Because you aren't doing that. Because metal fatigue.

[@baktru]

They reckon.. By the time THAT becomes a problem, we've taken the company public, filled our pockets and left. Not our problem by then.

[@chrisVNZ]

@@baktru Yup. And if the taxpayer owns the tracks, their whole business model is reliant on taxpayer assets and taxpayer funded maintenance, tax payer subsidies and concessions

[@Herr_Gamer]

Norwegian here, our rail systems struggle enough with regular speeds. I sincerely hope the government (which is prone to fall for stupid ideas if they’re sugarcoated enough) never hears of a techbro’a train revolution plan.

[@definitelynotashark1799]

Don't forget that the passenger train system covers like a third of the country and that politicians and companies prefer spending millions on shaving a few minutes off one connection to actually expanding the network to cover the entire country.

[@Herr_Gamer]

@@definitelynotashark1799 «nordlandsbanen? Never heard of it» - the government

[@bokunochannel84207]

"obselete by gmail and calender" hard slap

[@kevkevpurple]

It’s always the pods. WHAT IS IT WITH PODS?!?!

[@valentinmitterbauer4196]

Short answer: Over-individualism. The pod is too small to fit many people, so it's only you, only your in-group. Imagine sitting next to poor person! The horror! People who never sat in a passanger train, never flew comercially (not even business class) find it weird to share something as private as *a room* with many strange, maybe even under-privileged, people.

[@desu38]

The fact that "high speed" is higher than "higher speed" annoys me so much.

[@geography_czek5699]

It kinda makes sense. Higher in this context means higher than conventional speeds, not higher than high speeds.

[@nomercynodragonforyou9688]

yeah

[@Antman261]

This isn't a train, it's an obscenely expensive human railgun 😬

[@82726jsjsufhejsjshshdjso]

It’s literally just a scam to naive rinse investors for 5 years. I’ve worked on track network maintenance - replacing a sign will cost you £10k. And the geometry of the existing network?… Immediately and transparently idiotic idea.

[@lo2740]

the "naive" investors are EU institutions, with our hard earned money. That is the problem. And they already throwned over 18 millions in 4 years.

[@vaclavhenych4660]

Forget about stealing copper wires. In the Czech Republic, we like not only train crashes, but also the theft of entire railway bridges. 😀 Thanks for the video.

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

now that's gangster

[@panda4247]

@@stoodmuffinpersonal3144 if I remember correctly there was a case where a group of thieves looked liked a construction crew, took down some truss bridge n Czechia overnight. Maybe some 10 years ago or so? According to the article that I read back then, at some point during the night, some policemen came to check on them, and the thieves just showed them some paperwork that looked like a project documentation, and/or an order from the city to do the work, and the policemen even helped them guard the disassembled parts for a few hours, so that some thieves would not steal it. Ingenious. Reminds me of Victor Lustig

[@CapitalismSuxx]

Dude, that's actually impressive. Well played.

[@Thranful]

100 Pods don't just means 100 Drivers, it also means a LOOOOT of more people in the background for maintance etc.

[@lembaswafer7425]

Thinking you can use steel wheels to “stabilize” something traveling on a maglev track is hilarious.

[@Culturanerd4877]

😂😂😂😂

[@TulilaSalome]

Living in Finland, where slot of the rail hasn't been upgraded - due to low poo density in the periphery - first thing popped into my head was it simply spinning into the air off the rails and exploding in the forest, as soon as it tries to accelerate, and scaring all the elk.

[@petrfedor1851]

Sounds like the most convoluted way to feed polar foxes ever.

[@CapitalismSuxx]

Low poo density? Why do you measure poo in Finland?

[@paranoidandroid7718]

Been trying to identify exactly how old I was when I stopped "ooh-ing and aah-ing" over every sleek tech design I saw, and started laughing at the engineering impossibilities they obviously suffered from. Can't recall when, but I'm laughing real hard now. Thanks for the informative and educational video.

[@prop0042]

ATLAS-CLASS SUPERFREIGHTER SPOTTED IN THE TRANSITION but anyway yeah jesus christ

[@guywithyoutubechannel8176]

the "CGI Podpunk" genre of fantasy reality is my favorite style of marketing

[@Guranga93]

12:52 All of these problems could be solved by playing Free Bird on full blast from externally mounted speakers.

[@thefleshyghost6327]

Man I really wish we had a good train system in the U.S. We have the resources to make the rest of the world look like they're playing with models, and we are one of the geographically biggest countries, but we just don't.

[@mnartwoam]

I don’t think Adam Something understands that “pods” sounds much cooler than “trains”… What a buffoon!

[@A_Tired_Imp]

Was that a joke or not ?

[@moonlitscrawls762]

@@A_Tired_Imp Well, you could certainly argue that the word pods does sound cooler than the word trains, and everyone can agree it sounds cooler than cars. This is why I propose we start calling train cars train pods, no change to how they actually work, we get both cool words, a great system, and we no longer need even the barest of word association between the best and worst transit methods... When I started writing this it was a joke but thinking about it, this one change in terminology might be one of the only legitimate ways to improve trains.

[@mnartwoam]

@@moonlitscrawls762 While you make a good point, we need to evaluate why things are considered “cool” in the modern day. The two main reasons anything people say is “cool” is actually “cool” are 1) rarity - people perceive something as cool because it is uncommon and 2) popularity - people perceive something as cool because it is popular. These two things may seem like the antithesis to each other, but when working in tandem they can create the most “uncool” things. For a related example: trains. Trains are not rare, they are scattered all around the world. You can get pretty much anywhere by train. They are also not popular as most people opt for using cars. You see these two rules of “coolness” working together to pummel trains into the dreaded category of “uncool.” A pod, on the other hand, is uncommon, you don’t see it used as a word very often in everyday transportation systems, and it is also popular as you do see imaginary ideas of building them with millions of likes around the internet. This makes the pod “cool and the train “uncool.” But I’m leaving something crucial out here. Trains used to be “cool.” You see, this is not a line. It is a cycle. As things become cooler they become more and more popular. This eventually makes them less rare, which makes them less popular. If we switch to the term “pod” it will follow this cycle as well. There really is no point in switching when you look at it from that way. However, if we manage to continue changing the name to something cool every time it falls out of relevancy, we are able to perpetually keep trains “cool.” This is truly why Adam is a buffoon. He refuses to accept even the slightest bit of change. Sometimes I wonder if he ever thinks to himself “What a wonderful wooooorld”

[@mnartwoam]

​@@moonlitscrawls762 While what you say certainly is true, there is much more to talk about on the issue of "pods" vs "trains" and which is cooler. To begin we must understand what makes something "cool." It boils down to 2 simple things: 1) Rarity - the thing is uncommon. And 2) popularity - the thing is extremely popular. Now, these things may seem like the antithesis to each other, but when they are combined it can cause a great crash into "uncoolness." Trains are not in the best situation with this theory. You see, trains are not uncommon. Trains practically cover the Earth! You can find a train track in almost, if not every country on the planet. So they cannot be cool because of rarity. As for popularity, who is really riding on trains everywhere (at least in America)? The train is largely not considered popular, so it can't be cool in that sense. It fails both parts, thus it is deemed "uncool." Pods, on the other hand, are most definitely "super cool." Since they are not a common sight anywhere in the world, they are rare. They are also popular, considering how many views and likes videos and posts talking about them get. This is why I believe that "pods" sounds much cooler than "trains." But there is something I have been ignorant of... trains used to be cool. To understand this portion, we must expand the theory. All "cool" things start out with rarity. Once the rare thing becomes "cool" enough, it will quickly transition into being cool because of popularity, thus making it less rare, which makes it less cool, which makes it less popular. This is what I deem the "cycle of cool." The world will simply make a cool thing uncool when given enough time. So, even if we do swap the names, the word "pods" will eventually uncool, making the name change pointless. But there is another thing. A solution to both issues. If we can continue changing the name of these "trains" every couple hundred years, it will perpetually be cool. This is the true reason I made that comment. I am trying to say that Adam is a buffoon for not accepting change even on the smallest level. The tinyest thing such as a name change is unacceptable to Something, and that is sad to be honest. Sometimes I wonder if he thinks to himself, "What a wonderful woooooorld"

[@StreamlineDeet]

If you think American trains are a joke, wait until you see Canadian trains. To start, we have two cross-country trains. Not two train lines, two trains. They each travel across the country once per week, taking 4 days to do so (which is worse than it was in the 90s, when it only took three days). Even with that extra leeway, the trains are still usually delayed by over 12 hours, with a punctuality rate of 8%. Economy class tickets start at $500 each way during off-peak season, and don't even include a bed or meals on a 4 day journey. If you want the sleeper cabin, which comes with meals, you could be paying as much as $2500 each way. An equivalent airplane flight is less than 5 hours, has many flights per day, costs $100-200 each way, and is usually on time.

[@doctorgeneric8070]

I don't know which ass you pulled that 100-200 dollar flight price from, but it isn't Canada. Basic Flights start at over 700 dollars and go up to 1300 and higher if you're exiting your geographical region.

[@ChasmChaos]

Not to mention, they make you line up and weigh your bags and then board the train in a single file line. Basically picking the worst parts of taking a flight.

[@Ezakary]

​@doctorgeneric8070 Calgary to Toronto for 200 CAD isn't uncommon, and I've seen Vancouver to Toronto for less than 350. Unless you're headed to the territories, 700 CAD is pretty high

[@Sushi227]

One of the saddest experiences of my life was taking VIA from Toronto to Windsor right after living in Japan for two years. Similar price as a Shinkansen service but less than half the speed.

[@Spearca]

I imagine a trans-Canada train ride would be about the experience and seeing the country, not getting somewhere quickly.

[@michael.laptev]

7:56 I love how he shows a video of Mannheim while explaining the ABSOLUTE MESS that is going on here with the different kind of trains. Passenger trains are always delayed by at least 20 minutes, and you get like a minute to get on the train before it leaves. No wonder that most people who can afford it prefer to drive a car.

[@thelordco.8619]

Its like how everything becomes a crab, every gadgetbahn and pod thing becomes a worse train

[@jamesoniris2647]

I can’t wait for techbros to invent a circular thingy that turns on an axis to move vehicles further and they’ll call it “The Cyber Square”

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Now THAT is the most BEAUTIFUL train I've ever seen! 4:04 Totally organic.

[@almiromeragic9341]

It's all buzz words. There was never a real product.

[@crafterofdoom]

money laundering

[@Fossil_Frank]

Yup, it's a scam startup. A scamup.

[@Adrenaline_chaser]

9:12 Glad to know that I wasn't the only one thinking that AHHAHAHAHAHHH🤣🤣

[@EEE-1409]

That got me rolling XD

[@BloodyMobile]

People who come up with stuff like this should play 100h of Transport Tycoon Deluxe first to show they can even build a working railnetwork in a GAME. Because if you fail there, you have less chance in a real network than light near a black hole.

[@takix2007]

They played TTD, but started in 2010 to only use Maglevs, unchecked the option "use realistic accelerations", and checked "trains do not need maintenance", "allow 90° turns", "trains never becone obsolete", "Highly lenient city councils". And did not play against an AI or human players...

[@karl-heinznapp2874]

As a German, I unfortunately must agree on all points Adam says about the German Railway (being in a mess and the secretary in charge's party being in bed with ... other industries). It's a pity, but hopefully we catch up again, Riding on modern high speed trains can be very relaxing.

[@magischzwei]

I love how techbrolets always ignore basic physics. Surely you can go 102342042304243 km/h. Air friction? What's that?

[@billyray9925]

Easy fix, just have them running in vacuum tunnels.

[@pappito]

air is a hoax. nobody ever seen an air, have they? there are rumours about it for long time, some might have been found in car tires but that's all lol

[@something1600]

Interesting how they forgot that any small turn at 550km/h would transform any Pod into Starship Earth to Earth.

[@updatedotexe]

Hearing that Germany's trains are still a gods gift compared to USA trains war wie ein Stein vom Herzen fallen zu lassen. Thank God.

[@maikerugo]

The interesting thing is that they can actually learn from Disney. Years back Disney tried to put a new, fast ride called Rocket Rods, which was themed like a futuristic transportation system (which feels almost too similar to Nevomo), on their old tram tracks and it just ended up breaking the old infrastructure because it wasn't rated for those kinds of forces. They were only able to run the ride for 2 years before they had to shut it down for good. Even for that brief amount of time it was problematic due to using the existing infrastructure which lack of banked turns on the track. That lack of banked turns caused the ride to have to quickly decelerate before each turn, take the turn, then accelerate up again; and all of this speeding up and slowing down caused rapid wear of the vehicle's tires as well as exacerbated the wear on the tram tracks. The rapid wear of the tires caused engine damage which caused all manner of other reliability problems.

[@SatisfiedShark]

Trains here in America haven’t seen an update in nearly 100 years

[@sinistar3198]

12:47 you got the point I would have asked which was "what if it has to go around a curve not rated for 550km/h lmao"

[@ingarssamins1411]

One reason why I like Adam more than other urban planning youtubers is because he puts emotion in his videos

[@jakobiritt5456]

I did not expect to see an Atlas-class interstellar superfreighter today. Glad I did, but still surprised. As an American who visited Japan and bought a rail pass for the trip, I cannot even express how much I would like something a tenth that good for my nation. This, however, isn't it. I don't want a revolution in how public transportation is designed, I'll settle for a good implementation of something unexciting but proven to death. This and the bloody surface-to-surface rocket transport are the psychotic anime girlfriend of public transit - it can never be real, it's only attractive in the abstract and from afar, and if it somehow became real it would brutally murder you and blame you for not buying transport insurance in crypto.

[@57thorns]

I think a country need to get the basic things about trains right first. There is nothing wrong with having a bunch of low speed (120-160 km/h) regional trains, a network (shape depending on geographical area of course) of high speed long distance trains (250-350 km/h) and a few maglev point-to-point transport between major city center transportation hubs and distant air fields.

[@CnutLongsword]

Experiencing the Shinkansen first hand made me feel like a peasant when i returned home.

[@ThePieIsNotALie]

As a Brit that just watched us blow £50bil+ on a fairly useless stretch of high-speed rail, when experts literally said beforehand "just improve the existing regular rail network": Yeah, stick your maglev where the sun doesn't shine, get a regular rail network running optimally before you even think about high-speed rail. You can always over-design sections to make them upgradeable to high-speed later.