Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoVisit any old city in the UK (York and Edinburgh for example) and a lot of passages between streets have steps with uneven heights. When you’re expecting it, its fine, you take extra care. But when its a modern building and they’ve fucked it up you really notice
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoWhen I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 hours ago [it’s] a modern building and they’ve fucked it up you really notice How about the stairs leading up from a subway stop? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-22FjgoE4
Visit any old city in the UK (York and Edinburgh for example) and a lot of passages between streets have steps with uneven heights.
When you’re expecting it, its fine, you take extra care. But when its a modern building and they’ve fucked it up you really notice
When I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
How about the stairs leading up from a subway stop?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-22FjgoE4