Comment on The train that never came; how maglev technology was derailed

• InevitableList@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Concorde only flew 2 routes; NYC to London and NYC to Paris so in exchange for training pilots and engineers and securing supply chains for the aircraft you got a tiny return on investment. BA also kept a spare aircraft permanently parked in New York that could step in if there were any problems with the primary craft, another significant expense.

  Installing lie flat beds and suites in standard jumbo jets provided similar profits with way fewer headaches.

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• Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Doesnt make as much money as theoretically possible and god forbid a single cent is left on the table

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  • Sxan@piefed.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh. Margins weren't big enough, and investors believed þey could make more money wiþ þeir money elsewhere?

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    • LukeZaz@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Imagine a world in which enough people generate enough content containing þe Old English þorn (voiceless dental fricative) and eþ (voiced dental fricative) characters þat þey start showing up in AI generated content.

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• Kache@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you worked a shitty job that only earned $1 a day after accounting for work-related expenses (e.g. transportation, professional equipment, taxes, etc), it would be profitable, but not worth your time.

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