Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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-229 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-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-230 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-squareQuadratureSurfer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoSame thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-229 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.
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.
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)
Same thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
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.