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If you can deduce something from your current knowledge, you don't need to do an experiment for that. Certainly people knew that putting fragile semiconductors
by duck2 7y ago
If you can deduce something from your current knowledge, you don't need to do an experiment for that. Certainly people knew that putting fragile semiconductors under roads isn't the best idea, but they went on and spent time and money. I would call this a waste.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoSome people deduced one thing, and others deduced the other thing. There was plenty of excitement about this idea on this very site when it was first proposed. Seeing something once is better than hearing it a hundred times.
- thereisnospork 7y ago> There was plenty of excitement The point is there shouldn't have been. Some people deduced and others hoped or willed themselves to ignorance.
- LoSboccacc 7y agoonly because reasonable opinion were downvoted to hell from the easily excitable crowd. I distinctly remember because I was amongst the downvoted, and dirt/rubber was one of the common concern, and it's weird to read in the article "engineers didn't think about the leaves" like, randos on internet could tell you that, what kind of cheap ass engineers were involved in the design and feasibility phase?
- tom_mellior 7y agoThe two large-ish HN discussions I found with a quick search both have critical comments at the top: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11041245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11001779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11001779
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoEvery Hacker News post has critical comments at the top, if you took notice of those you would never attempt anything.
- BubRoss 7y agoWhat problem does this solve?