Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 27 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 · 27 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
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-squareQuadratureSurfer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoSame thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-226 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-226 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.
minus-squarepet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-225 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.
When I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
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.
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.