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Your comment rubbed me the wrong way. Here's why, in case it's helpful:

You act as if you have expertise in aerodynamics, but don't share the sort of details an expert would. An expert would say something along the lines of, "Cool fact: big hemispheres are more aerodynamic, but the TGV chose a pointy nose because of X, Y, Z." Or even, "Big hemispheres are more aerodynamic, but also involve engineering tradeoffs X, Y, and Z. I wonder if that's why they went with a pointy nose?"

That kind of comment would be awesome! Informative and interesting. Instead, your comment across both arrogant and ignorant. Arrogant in that you assume that any deviation from your understanding is wrong, and ignorant because your proposed rationale is extremely unlikely, and flamebait besides.



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