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What are some notable blunders in history that resulted in huge loss? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bady@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Twitter

[–] DoisBigo@lemmy.eco.br 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Las Vegas Loop.

(known on dictionaries as a tunnel)

And nobody have died there yet.

[–] yetiftw@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh that's not a blunder, that was intentionally a flop to prevent California from developing a high speed rail network

[–] csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 14 points 1 year ago

You may be confusing the Las Vegas Loop and the Hyperloop. Las Vegas Loop is the shitty tunnel you drive teslas single file through in Las Vegas, Hyperloop was the "vacuum tube frictionless train replacement" that was used to reduce excitement about the high speed rail proposal.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

You mean X?