New pedestrian bridge collapses

Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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ANC said:
Who the fuck builds a 900-tonne pedestrian bridge?
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Gov'ts, civil institutions, educational institutions. They can't help themselves, seriously. They must make it a work of art for show: "this is how we spend your money" to the donors, taxpayers, etc. Then they can also brag about it, use it on resumes, etc. These things are not merely for efficiency/utility; it's got to be "significant" for bragging rights. Most of us know a steel 8 ft wide catwalk would be perfect: utilitarian, cheaper, much quicker to build and less prone to faults; problem is that it's ugly and no one wants to brag about it
 
vostok

vostok

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lokie said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/03/15/new-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-at-florida-international-university-injuring-several/?utm_term=.c9a2d66168fe
New pedestrian bridge collapses at Florida International University, injuring several

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/03/15/bridge-collapses-florida-international-university/
FIU Bridge Collapse: ‘Several’ Dead, 8 Cars Trapped Underneath

A tragedy and now somebody has some splainin to do.
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Lego cuts 1,400 jobs as sales fall amid digital competition
Toymaker Lego has announced plans to lay off 8 percent of its workforce after reporting a 5 percent fall in mid-year revenue
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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vostok said:
Lego cuts 1,400 jobs as sales fall amid digital competition
Toymaker Lego has announced plans to lay off 8 percent of its workforce after reporting a 5 percent fall in mid-year revenue
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I had Lego when I was a kid. This was back when you could get any shape Lego you wanted, so long as it was a rectangular prism. This was before all the custom shapes and little Leganthropus figurines that, to my parochial view, are just cheating.

With every piece rectangular, Lego was arguably a digital toy. You built solids made of indivisible minimal rectangular prisms; the art was one of approximation to make your finished product less "minecraft-y" looking. It was all in how you arranged those tiny blocks. One might be tempted to call the minimal units "bloxels" ...

Now Lego has all these custom shapes so you can build tiny X-wings with those crescent-tipped blasters and a movie-true canopy. I think this is decadent, but that is surely just me expressing a curmudgeonly sentiment, a variation on "things were better when they were worse".
 
too larry

too larry

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cannabineer said:
I had Lego when I was a kid. This was back when you could get any shape Lego you wanted, so long as it was a rectangular prism. This was before all the custom shapes and little Leganthropus figurines that, to my parochial view, are just cheating.

With every piece rectangular, Lego was arguably a digital toy. You built solids made of indivisible minimal rectangular prisms; the art was one of approximation to make your finished product less "minecraft-y" looking. It was all in how you arranged those tiny blocks. One might be tempted to call the minimal units "bloxels" ...

Now Lego has all these custom shapes so you can build tiny X-wings with those crescent-tipped blasters and a movie-true canopy. I think this is decadent, but that is surely just me expressing a curmudgeonly sentiment, a variation on "things were better when they were worse".
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I agree. The new kits are a big part of the companies problems. Sure it picked up sales on the short term,but without the whole you can build anything you can imagine thing, lego is just another chunk of plastic.
 
too larry

too larry

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Although old legos from thrift stores are a great tool for AT hikers to prepare for the rocks of Pa.
 
shrxhky420

shrxhky420

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Florida Bridge
Florida Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
Florida Bridge is falling down
My fair lady

Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady

Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady

Build it up with god and silver
Gold and silver, gold and silver
Build it up with gold and silver
My fair lady

Florida Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
Florida Bridge is falling down
M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y

SH420
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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shrxhky420 said:

Florida Bridge
Florida Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
Florida Bridge is falling down
My fair lady

Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady

Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady

Build it up with god and silver
Gold and silver, gold and silver
Build it up with gold and silver
My fair lady

Florida Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
Florida Bridge is falling down
M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y

SH420
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I can't remember if it was a physics or materials class where they taught us about this
 
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