Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 26 days agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 26 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoThe “magical formula” for stairs. If this rule isn’t followed when building stairs, then it feels uncomfortable and more accidents will actually happen there. In easy terms, it says: 2x riser + tread = average step lenght, usually 63cm.
minus-squareAstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoOh man I hate it when stairs are not built to the proper ratio. It feels so weird.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoI’m curious how this compares to eras before this formula was normalized and if this is universal or more so just a matter of keeping things the same so people get used to them.
minus-squareCorporal_Punishment@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days 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-up1·26 days agoWhen I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
minus-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-224 days agoI guess this is why the old-as-balls apartment house I live in, in the middle of the old city, has stair steps go higher further up.
minus-squareQuadratureSurfer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoSame thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-225 days agoWhat if the invaders have the same in their castles at home…? 😉 (No, I don’t believe it at all. They just built something without thinking too much)
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-225 days agoOkay, sure, and watch out for Nessie. /s Did they point down at a cupboard and tell you it was a tiny dungeon for torturing people, as well? That’s a classic.
The “magical formula” for stairs.
If this rule isn’t followed when building stairs, then it feels uncomfortable and more accidents will actually happen there.
In easy terms, it says: 2x riser + tread = average step lenght, usually 63cm.
Oh man I hate it when stairs are not built to the proper ratio. It feels so weird.
I’m curious how this compares to eras before this formula was normalized and if this is universal or more so just a matter of keeping things the same so people get used to them.
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.
I guess this is why the old-as-balls apartment house I live in, in the middle of the old city, has stair steps go higher further up.
Same thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
What if the invaders have the same in their castles at home…? 😉
(No, I don’t believe it at all. They just built something without thinking too much)
Okay, sure, and watch out for Nessie. /s
Did they point down at a cupboard and tell you it was a tiny dungeon for torturing people, as well? That’s a classic.