@tardigrada slightly funny thing: neom in Romanian kinda translates as non-human which seems perfectly fit to the company's overall project.
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The word it translates to is not visible for me in your comment.
Could be that it got censored out somehow - there's a double space between "as" and "which".
@apis weird that it doesn't show. I said it is translated into n o n - h u m a n
Hope it's not blocked again in any way if I type it like this...
In the previous comment, you put it marked down as "code". Not sure what client you and @[email protected] are using, it should show as inline code snippet.
Yeah, that's what I intended to do.
That likely explains things. Thank you! Am here via Memmy.
Cheers. That worked. What a spooky coincidence! Can't think why it would have been blocked.
Probably your app, idk. On my end I see it fine on beehaw's website.
An interesting video about the whole project:
Neom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City
TL;DR: It's impractical, unfeasible, and the closer you look, the more it looks like a scam.
I read that in the voice of Jackie Chiles. Along with 'Yet another of my embarrassing architectural failures'.
I do find it extremely odd they chose to build this project in the desert of one of the most oppressive countries in the world. If I had to guess why it is happening in Saudia Arabia, I would guess they are trying to green wash their image, and possibly make it seem like Saudia Arabia is a super futuristic place that people should visit.
From the video, it looks like part green washing, part fearing a post-oil word, part corruption, and part scam.
If SA was serious about their own future, they'd do like Norway with its Oil Fund. Instead, they've been squandering their oil income, and it seems like these projects are aimed both at scamming international partners as well as their own funds, with green washing as a facade.
Who names their son kohlrabi?