Damn! I forgot about all that! But yeah, the world is built on European technology. They're just not as good at capitalizing on it. Being American, I have no first-hand insight to why that is. I know what people say, but I don't know how much to trust that.

Europe has played a foundational role in the development of the foundations of modern computing - Linux and ARM are prime examples of technologies that have reshaped the industry over the past three decades. The question isn’t whether Europe should distance itself from American technology, but why US firms have been far more successful at monetizing Europe's innovations. I'm afraid they're going to have to do some soul-searching to understand why upstart businesses have a difficult time flourishing in Europe.

They have a passenger service too!

€3200 for France <-> Baltimore, 13 day trip. But with that you get three meals a day, a decent looking cabin, private bathroom, private balcony, and internet service (though how solid the connection is / what surcharges there may be is a question).

~€250/d doesn't sound too bad, and you could get work done along the way. Kind of sounds nice...

https://www.voilasailcoop.fr/transatlantic/

https://www.voilasailcoop.fr/transatlantic/transatlantic-a-b...

Unrelated, but I noticed this in your two comments and it seems to be something you do frequently—you’re using the wrong side of the quotation character as the apostrophe. You’re using ‘ but it should be ’. See the difference: I‘ll VS I’ll.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_single_quotation_mark

Time to reinvent the Interurban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interurban