Comment by taneq

Comment by taneq 2 days ago

8 replies

Do you really have a privately owned rail car in order to go fast? It sounds to me more like a self-driving campervan, you can sit back and watch the world roll by.

m463 2 days ago

I think the railcar equivalent will eventually become reality (if it isn't already)

Lots of people tool around in giant class-a motorhomes. They are 40 or 45 feet long. They are basically small apartments with double-door fridges, dishwasher, washer/dryer, starlink, etc

if they add the self-driving stuff, it will make them extra popular.

I think mobileye might have something.

nmeofthestate 2 days ago

Sounds like the kind of thing a billionaire would do in a Neal Stephenson book.

  • nmeofthestate 2 days ago

    (actually I think it is something a billionaire does in a NS book)

    • 4ggr0 a day ago

      They travel by train in Termination Shock, a book by NS :)

    • taneq 2 days ago

      It's definitely something a zillionaire does in a Peter F. Hamilton book, except instead of a rail car it's a zepplin. I mean, if I were a zillionaire I guess I'd live in a zepplin too.

      • bombcar a day ago

        I think everyone pretty much has to admit that “robber baron with zeppelin” is the peak billionaire style.