xkcd #3097: Bridge Types

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• halfapage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well done.

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• Spzi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I needed this explanation for “L’Engle”:

  References A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. Characters cross great distances by “tessering”, moving via a tesseract through a higher dimension which essentially brings the two ends of the journey together from the perspective of the traveler. The image shows the two ends of the gap being brought together, with the gap apparently crumpled in between them.

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  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a very iconic scene in the book, it’s still indelibly written in my brain. I really recommend the book.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This brought back a flood of memories. I should reread it.

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• not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Someone’s been playing PolyBridge.

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• squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The elevator thing is actually real: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2g4u9F9i90

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  • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I recognized the structure in the thumbnail. I clicked the link just to make sure it was the Tom Scott video. Cheers dude.

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So sad he stopped doing his regular videos. (Though I totally understand his reasoning.)

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wow, did not see that coming. That is cool as hell.

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s almost disappointing when the absurdist punchline of an xkcd comic is an actual thing that exists in reality. But then again, it’s cool as hell.

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “Budget overrun” is the cheapest way to build a bridge, the cable stayed bridge. (youtu.be/YSQhtlyfPtU)

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Awesome video, I love me some real engineering!

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  • jaschen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This. Taiwan has a bunch of these because they can stand it up so quickly and cheaply. Plus it looks great!

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• Hupf@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Guess we need to expand wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:bridge:structure

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You forgot the trivial case, of not building a bridge at all. Just go around the gap.

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• anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Missed opportunity for half hearted to be a half pipe!

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  • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As I started reading I was hoping there would be Planck bridge.

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• slampisko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I like when draw bridges become temporary jump bridges

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• termaxima@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Arch or bust

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  • UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Really? Searching Bust Linux distro right now…

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