• Wahots@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    I want more pneumatic tube systems. I don’t care what it’s used for. They are super satifying and analog.

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      5 months ago

      Yeah, what happened to transit pneumatic tubes? I feel like hyperloop was supposed to be close to that, but that never happened.

      Make it an attraction, I’ll ride it.

      • Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 months ago

        The Hyperloop was very successful, it prevented billions of dollars of investment in mass transit, then evaporated before it could reduce the market for cars.

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          5 months ago

          “grisly results”. Are you sure? I think the pressure failure of the Titan submarine was closer to “grisly”. Transit tube failure scores lower on the pressure failure scale. /jk

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      5 months ago

      I want one to get beer from the fridge to the couch. I could move the fridge next to the couch, but if a pneumatic system is an option, I assume I don’t have to explain which would be the better choice by a land slide. Cool beers on the couch, in the garden, in the bath tub, etc. I could fire my wife.

      Of course I’m joking, I would never exchange my wife for a pneumatic tube system. I don’t have a wife.