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No it's clearly a blorppul

I don't think it will amount to much, but it's orders of magnitude more than anyone else is doing about it.

'#include cpptrace' gays drawing dick outlines over here.

So... I was just trying to be funny and sarcastic. I added the "/s" as I realized someone was probably going to take me seriously, but probably after you loaded my comment. My bad.

Everyone is making this same joke now. "They're going to tariff my imports now!" "My PR got flagged for DEI because they thought '#include dr_libs' was about hiring communist physicians." "If I import pandas do I have to pay 145% more now?" Jeez. Enough already. /s

Why can't anyone tell an original joke anymore?! Like a steak joke. You almost never hear someone tell a good joke about steaks. It really is a rare medium well done.

There's no "people" involved in that decision. There's Trump. If he cared about public opinion he wouldn't be half as destructive as he is.

As well you should. Duck 'em up!

The US Marshals are the enforcement mechanism

Start sending US Marshals to the DOJ to arrest a few higher ups for contempt of court and remind them that the judiciary has a branch of law enforcement too.

"I'll take a fudge pop with extra mint, please!"

What Americans are calling people idiots for saying (day) of (month)? We say it both ways all the time. 4th of July, July 4th... it's not a complicated thing.

Jahovah's Witness knocking on your door

Ayn Rand made a good point here as long as you exclude the context of what she considered good and evil.

For context, Ayn Rand's "good" includes unfettered capitalism, personal wealth, individualism, and oligarchy. Her "evil" includes industrial regulations, charity, social responsibility, and democracy. That certainly puts a different flavor on her statement, doesn't it?

I don't know what the first building has to do with the original image. But the one in Dubai is much more conparable. But they are not the same. The Dubai building certainly needs strong framing to keep that overhand from falling. But it is also held at one end and the middle giving it strength and stability. And the forces at the attachment points are both vertical (upward or downward at the end depending on weight distribution on the lever and downward in the middle). That makes a huge difference as they don't have to work against lateral forces. The middle attachment holds all the weight and the end attachment counters all of the torque on the lever. The center of mass is also within the footprint of the building(s) bases

The actual length of the overhang for the real building, while impressive, does not compare to the length in the original image. It does not have anything holding the weight in the middle of the lever, meaning that the end attachment has to hold the weight up alone, AND counter the torque. Furthermore, the point at which the hang in the altered image is attached to the main trunk is also at wide angle meaning it will put a lot of lateral forces on the trunk that are not counter balances by the opposite branch which is shorter and less angled. The center of mass of the hanging branch would be well outside the base of the building and so it would want to rotate at the connection point and pull away from the joint. That's if the steel frame itself doesn't just bend under its own weight putting torque on the lever.

I really don't think that there are any materials under Earth gravity capable of creating a rigid structure with this design at this scale. The forces would be tremendous on a single junction point and along the length of the frame of the hanging arm. Something would give.

Both and more. He's an insane, idiotic, egotistical, megalomaniacal, bitter, bigotted, petulant narcissist. All of that

Yeah I didn't think there was any way. Even with like a steel frame and everything else made of Styrofoam and paper mache, I'm pretty sure that thing would still snap off under its own weight.

This... might actually be an improvement. Okay, hear me out. The film industry has been overloaded lately with over-bloated budgets for CG light shows with little substance, narrative, or character appeal. A BIG part of the reason for that is because for the last decade or two Hollywood has been making as much or more money from the Chinese box office as they do the US. As such, they have prioritized the lowest common denominator between what will sell between both countries. That stuff that sells is visual effects, action, basic stories, simple characters, and non-politically or culturally challenging content that will be censored.

This has SEVERELY limited film making and resulted in a lot of samey uninteresting stuff coming out in theatre's for years now. It has killed witty comedies that do not transcend culture or language well. It has killed divisive narratives that wouldn't get the Chinese government's approval. It has dumbed down stories and killed nuance so that that audiences don't need cultural context to understand them.

If studios no longer think they can make money hand over foot off the Chinese box office with another cgi robot movie or some such shlock, they may make more unique, smaller budget films with more complex characters, better humor, counter-cultural aspects, challenging narratives, and minimal CGI. They can stop exclusively farming all the existing globally recognizable IP to rehash the same stories over and over with updated visuals. They can revitalize an industry that sorely needs it.

Surely that second building is AI generated or something right? Surely physics would not allow such a monstrosity, nor would any city approve it... right?

I go with "efficiency"

Nah, you need patience. Another week and they'll be perfect.