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tuberelay
8y ago
Do you really think the right to distribute a mass killing video designed primarily to be a meme would be the hill that zuck would die on? Also, you act like countries have no leverage against these platforms. Maybe NZ should levy a 50% ta
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tuberelay
8y ago
https://www.joinffl.com/ weird concept but might make sense for some companies.
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tuberelay
8y ago
Pneumatic tube means a single transport vessel going in 1 direction per "airlocked" region of tube, as well as needing to be airtight. Having self-powered electric vehicles means cheaper infrastructure and multiple vehicles going
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tuberelay
8y ago
why now: - tunnelling tech has come a long way - pipejacking means you can install hundreds of metres of pipes from a single hole without digging a trench. Horizontal direct drilling means the chinese can put a 600mm diameter pipe spanning
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tuberelay
8y ago
1) 700mm diameter - broken down vehicles should be shuntable, but a person could get in there reasonably easily. 2) helium blimps lift 1 gram per litre of helium, so to lift 10kg of groceries they would need a 10 cubic meter blimp or a 2.7
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tuberelay
8y ago
A bit more about the economics of this: Assuming each person in a city has: - a postal/courier package delivered every 2 days - a grocery delivery every 3 days - a takeaway/food delivery every 4 days This means on average overall
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tuberelay
8y ago
Agree.
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tuberelay
8y ago
Air drones - loud, need to be pretty big and noisy to lift larger payloads eg. groceries. In order to cover use cases of food/grocery/package delivery across a city and surrounding suburbs there would be a constant stream of high
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Wanted: Cofounder for YC S19. Robotic Tunnel Delivery of Groceries/food/packages
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tuberelay
8y ago
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