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The Hyperloop Industrial Complex

Posted by timothy on Monday February 8, 2016 @07:53AM from the watch-for-the-rent-seekers dept.

Jason Koebler writes: Two and a half years after Elon Musk pitched the technology, actually traveling on a hyperloop is still theoretical, but its effect on business is not. There is a very real, bonafide industry of people whose job description is, broadly speaking "make the hyperloop into a tangible thing." The SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Weekend at Texas A&M University earlier this weekend was the coming out party for people in that industry.

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Re:STOP AND BE QUIET by NEDHead · 2016-02-08 08:53 · Score: 4, Funny

I am not quite sure what ultraistic means, but I suspect is has something to do with comparing a very smart man who has had success in at least four different industries, to you.