Attacked by Indian nationalist with homemade submarine?
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We live on a tiny little road where the average house is 1200 sq ft or less.
The last few years weâve had some really rich people buying two lots and then building monster houses that donât belong here.
But, if they build them where they belong itâs just another house, building it here makes them feel better than us.
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Seems like a weird reason to move to a downscale neighborhood. Maybe they just wanted to build a bigger house and pay less for the lot?
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Why not both? A feeling of superiority, but on a budget. Win-win!
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Hmmm. Have you been reading Cory Doctorowâs The Lost Cause?
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And then those same people will oppose multi-family developments by claiming theyâll âruin the character of the neighbourhoodâ.
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TIL: Boeing also builds ships.
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I know youâre joking of course, but carelessly open pilot doors are indeed a problem in shipping. They were, together with wrongly-calculated stability measures, the reason for the capsizing and total loss of the ro/ro car carrier MV Golden Ray, for example.
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A friend was in the submarine service and he tells of the day they were trimming the ballast with one guy in the front tower and one guy in the rear hatch and the subsequent flooding of the boatâŚ
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Interesting.
Iâve heard a lot about cargo stowage, from my dad, the engineer, usually in the context of why I should make sure to evenly and stably distribute the weight of different suitcases in the car. Neither of us has come close to capsizing a car, but he worries.
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Yes, they do/used to:
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Good to see that they are still in regular use in Asia. It seems like hydrofoil ferries have basically died out in Europe, except for the aging soviet fleet (SwinemĂźnde, anyone?).
Thereâs a lot of cutting-edge development around hydrofoils in sailing at the moment. I hope the increased understanding translates into new passenger boats as well.
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No âfree spaceâ because everything must come with a price.
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This giant Savage Worlds zombie apocalypse campaign starts out with the players on a cruise ship as the breakout happens. Iâve only read the beginning of the campaign and it seemed pretty interesting if a bit railroady. Moved away before I could drum up interest in my group for a zombie game and never went back to read the rest of it so I canât comment on how good the whole product is. Always seemed like a really interesting way to start a campaign though.
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At some level, Iâd rather see rich people spending money, even on stuff I think is stupid, because that means some of it goes into the hands of people that make and service said stuff. Because if they donât spend it, it just goes to Wall Street âinvestments,â which just leads to an even greater concentration of wealth and secures them a more secure stranglehold on the economy. If only we could tax them enough to stop them from becoming ever richer and more powerful.
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I approve!
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taxation is the key for sure. their spending, while it might employ people, doesnât wind up creating the things that most people need. so it just further tilts inequity. ( see also: charitable giving by the extremely wealthy. )
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