High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds above 250 km/h (155 mph) or upgraded lines in excess of 200 km/h (124 mph) are widely considered to be high-speed.
The first high-speed rail system, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Japan in 1964. The system also became known by its English nickname the bullet train. Japan's example was followed by several European countries, initially in France and Germany, and later also in Spain, Italy, and others. Today Europe has an extensive network with numerous international connections. More recent construction since the 21st century has led to China taking a leading role in high-speed rail. As of 2023, its network accounted for over two-thirds of the world's total.
In addition to these, many other countries have developed high-speed rail infrastructure to connect major cities, including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uzbekistan. Only in continental Europe and Asia does high-speed rail cross international borders.
High-speed trains mostly operate on standard gauge tracks of continuously welded rail on grade-separated rights of way with large radii. However, certain regions with wider legacy railways, including Russia and Uzbekistan, have sought to develop a high speed railway network in Russian gauge. There are no narrow gauge high-speed trains.
High-speed rail is the fastest and most efficient ground-based method of commercial transportation, however due to requirements for large track curves, gentle gradients and grade separated track the construction of high-speed rail is more costly than conventional rail and therefore does not always present an economical advantage over conventional speed rail.
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You just want to be high in public without others knowing.
Trust me, everyone knows when you're high. And the next time you get high, it's going to last forever. All the other times it went away but this time it's going to last forever and EVERYONE will know.
Fair warning I did this bit and it got removed by mods
I just wanted to do my funny egg streamer bit :ooooooooooooooh:
Sometimes I get annoyed that my friends aren't as good at games as I am and can't keep up withme, but then I remember the reason I'm so good is that I can't work or really function at all, so I spend a huge amount of time playing games to cope, and that extra time is telling. And then I feel bad. : |
On the flip side, it’s always nice having a friend that can hard carry.
I’ve been on both sides of this and sometimes a friend who is better really is nice to play with. Their experience is probably being made better by you being able to play the game on a higher level. Try viewing it as being a Sherpa, it adds extra challenges and goals.
For example, I want to get as many assists as possible. Friend X is going to top the leaderboard if I get my way.
Being good at something is good, there is always a way to use something you are good at to bring a greater amount of happiness to the world.
That's a good way to think of it. I really like playing support roles and helping the team succeed together.
Same! Support is the best.
It often requires the most game knowledge (the shorter queues help too)
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I got the anon dick pics to cool off a bit by putting "no face in profile = no dm" in my bio
I think it’s kind of funny that some people think that it’s going to work
it uhhh, has worked on me a few times lmao
I hate the thing where dads are like "I'm gonna threaten my daughter's boyfriends!"
Not least of which because a dude just got killed irl because of something like that
anything you do to her I'll do to you!
:bottom-speak: you promise?
Damn fastest mods in the West :stalin-gun-1::kitty-cri-texas: . I got the report 12 minutes ago and when I came to remove the comment it was already gone
cities skylines broke again :ooooooooooooooh: atleast this ones the final update
Friends,
I got a kitten for my cat. It’s so fucking cute holy shit.
i have to read an excerpt of daniel bell's the cultural contradictions of capitalism for an exam. after reading a few too many mind numbing takes, like
American capitalism, as I have · tried to show, has lost its traditional legitimacy, which was based on a moral system of reward rooted in the Protestant sanctification of work. It has substituted a hedonism which promises material ease and luxury, yet shies away from all the historic implications of a "voluptuary system," with all its social permissiveness and libertinism
i looked up more info on bell and...
"Bell once described himself as a "socialist in economics, a liberal in politics, and a conservative in culture"
:sus-deep:
