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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I wonder if you could do one purely for cargo on a limited scale the way pneumatic tube systems used to work in office buildings?

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I was so disappointed when I found out a lot of the old office buildings in my city had those tubes and they tore them all out

I always wanted to send something in a tube and I never got a chance

[–] Sinistar@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I wonder if you could even get tubes installed nowadays. You would probably have to spin up a bespoke company to install them, hiring a bunch of people who've never done it before and training as you go, and then everyone would lose their job at the end of the process.

Just like building railcars in the US.

[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Founding a tube-based startup with a silly name missing a letter in it like Tubr or something, and you've gotta pay a subscription to keep access to your tubes, but you can send packages through them to other Tubr subscribers

[–] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

You and a friend have to change your names so you can make the spunky new mail tube startup, 2-Bueller

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