โฒ 304 โผ What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss? (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by bady@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.
[โ] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 96 points 3 years ago (2 children) Twitter permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] DoisBigo@lemmy.eco.br 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) The Las Vegas Loop. (known on dictionaries as a tunnel) And nobody have died there yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] yetiftw@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) oh that's not a blunder, that was intentionally a flop to prevent California from developing a high speed rail network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 14 points 3 years ago You may be confusing the Las Vegas Loop and the Hyperloop. Las Vegas Loop is the shitty tunnel you drive teslas single file through in Las Vegas, Hyperloop was the "vacuum tube frictionless train replacement" that was used to reduce excitement about the high speed rail proposal. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago You mean X? permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] DoisBigo@lemmy.eco.br 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) The Las Vegas Loop. (known on dictionaries as a tunnel) And nobody have died there yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] yetiftw@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) oh that's not a blunder, that was intentionally a flop to prevent California from developing a high speed rail network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 14 points 3 years ago You may be confusing the Las Vegas Loop and the Hyperloop. Las Vegas Loop is the shitty tunnel you drive teslas single file through in Las Vegas, Hyperloop was the "vacuum tube frictionless train replacement" that was used to reduce excitement about the high speed rail proposal. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] yetiftw@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) oh that's not a blunder, that was intentionally a flop to prevent California from developing a high speed rail network permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 14 points 3 years ago You may be confusing the Las Vegas Loop and the Hyperloop. Las Vegas Loop is the shitty tunnel you drive teslas single file through in Las Vegas, Hyperloop was the "vacuum tube frictionless train replacement" that was used to reduce excitement about the high speed rail proposal. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 14 points 3 years ago You may be confusing the Las Vegas Loop and the Hyperloop. Las Vegas Loop is the shitty tunnel you drive teslas single file through in Las Vegas, Hyperloop was the "vacuum tube frictionless train replacement" that was used to reduce excitement about the high speed rail proposal. permalink fedilink source parent