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Flying blind at Mach 1: how China brings world’s first supersonic rail to life (www.scmp.com)

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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's hilarious to think that Chinese high speed rail got its first shot in the arm when General Electric sold their locomotive division to China. US wasn't doing anything with it, so it probably made sense for the GE shareholders. I rode on a Chinese built high speed train in Laos, something I couldn't do in the US.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think people who don't travel outside western countries realize how quickly the west is being left behind technologically now.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And the arrogance about how any technology by China is doomed is jaw dropping.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The coming years are gonna be real hard for these people.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The ones that believe it like me will be murdered for it and the rest will call it AI propaganda cause most Americans have internalized and inability to think ~~critically~~ for themselves.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 days ago

I've kind of written the west off at this point. The rest of humanity will move on without us.

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Do what you can, and do what you can to stay safe. 🫂