2026-06-03

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“You ever get that urge, Frank? It begins with looking down from 50 stories up, thinking about the meaninglessness of life, listening to dark voices deep inside you, and you think, ‘Should I? … Should I?  … Should I push someone off?’”

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Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 101d (2 replies)

Did they use a different crane to get that crane up there? Such a tiny crane to have up there. Surely the crane they would have had to use to put it there could just do whatever they intend to do with this tiny crane?

EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 101d

And no counterweights, so yeah, hell no to using the tiny tracked crane in the sky today for me, boss.

blackbrook@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 101d

It could but it has more important things to do.

myrrh@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 101d (3 replies)
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Master@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 98d (2 replies)

Prevent the building from racking under wind load. it also helps transfer load downward.

look up metal building cross bracing. Same concept.

myrrh@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 98d (1 reply)
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Master@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 98d

I mean this exact layout... is a cartoon. This style is normally just stiffeners before you pour the floors and add the walls.

cybermass@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 101d

That someone is me