Comment on It must have been a whole lot more difficult to design and build tall buildings before computers existed

Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• onslaught545@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I won’t believe for a second that they didn’t have the ability to calculate strength.

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• Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hmmm, not sure. I feel like stone erodes slower than steel oxydizes

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• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The concept for the book is such a cool one.

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  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In case you’re curious about what would be the last remaining structures left on earth after everything else has been ground to dust:

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    Channel tunnel between England and France and the stone faces on Mount Rushmore.

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    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting. Any particular reason the channel tunnel would last longer than say the Gotthard?

      I guess the gotthard is in the alps so landslides and rockfalls?

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      • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here’s the part that covers it.

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