The Boring Company Information Session

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as the primary source for what the company is actually proposing, in threads skeptical of the project.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Boring Company

Topic

underground tunnel transit

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2019

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Seconded, Ghent in belgium is also pretty cool car-wise. It has so-called pedestrian-centric planning. For example, the city centre may not be entered with a car, only by foot, bicycle or public transport. It's great. I enjoyed Musk's Boring Company's presentation, where they talk about …

• Yes, there is a pretty good video of an interview with Musk and the chief engineer on the project: [VIDEO] From memory, the important points: 1. They want to have the drill work continuously. Apparently current technology winds up drilling less than half the time, …

• Absolutely. People are super confused about this. The reporting wasn't very good and you have to look beyond it. The original idea is - little 16 person passenger pods with bikes, wheelchairs, and luggage. $1 fare. - possibly sleds for cars - you can stack …