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9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 0 replies · +3 points

Congratulations for not having to move!

I have not moved, either, but I'm getting a new roommate in about a week which means I should make some effort at cleaning up the junk that's accumulated around the kitchen and living room. I'm also trying to get my landlord to resolve the Mysterious Bathroom Whistling, but who knows if that will ever happen.

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 0 replies · +1 points

I'd think so! He literally said, "I knew this was going to happen," said Viñoly, speaking to the Guardian on Friday. "But there was a lack of tools or software that could be used to analyse the problem accurately." ???????

I like exitpursuedbyaclaire's hypothesis :D

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 0 replies · +4 points

Plausible deniability...I like it!

...Now I'm imagining an episode of Doctor Who where the funders are aliens with nefarious plans.

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 2 replies · +3 points

He keeps trying to say, oh, there's no way to model this, we weren't expecting it to be this hot, etc, but they use the same principles to build solar power plants! The information is out there! He's just an idiot.

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 1 reply · +2 points

Ooh, those sound fantastic! The coconut oil makes them crispy on the outside, right?

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 9 replies · +10 points

There's a guy whose life mission is to build shiny curved buildings, and people keep inexplicably giving him work even though these buildings inevitably turn into death rays.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/sep...

"The architect has a track record of creating buildings that burn. His Vdara hotel in Las Vegas, with a similarly concave form, focused sunlight onto the pool terrace in 2010, hot enough to melt loungers and singe guests' hair. The glass has since been covered in non-reflective film.

"That was a completely different problem," said Viñoly, insisting he was following a masterplan that specified arc-shaped towers. "We pointed out that would be an issue too, but who cares if you fry somebody in Las Vegas, right?""

9 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday open thread · 3 replies · +16 points

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS SPACE FOR US <3

I was about to suggest Elevenses as a name for this but then I remembered that time zones are a thing :P

9 years ago @ The Toast - A note on The Toast · 0 replies · +54 points

I'm so emotional right now. This is amazing.

9 years ago @ The Toast - The Final Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +14 points

YES. I have so many feelings about Steve Rogers' running route now.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +17 points

Yeah, that's how I feel about it. If the majority of employees were following the dress code, I would assume the people who weren't either a) had a good reason not to or b) weren't someone whose example I should emulate (for example, someone who's been working there for 30 years and doesn't give a fuck anymore.)

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