hey everyone, devil`s advocate here (and a civil engineer).

the critical temperature in question is not the melting point. at lower temperatures, steel behaves elastically, meaning it regains its initial state. then it starts to behave elastoplastically, which means it almost regains its initial state with no critical damage. then it behaves plastically, which means it deforms and cant get back its initial state and leads to structural failure, gradually. eurocode 3 covers building fires up to 800°C if im not mistaken, meaning steel doesnt lose its structural capacity up to that range. knowing how these codes are written, i bet it wouldnt turn into slush at 801°C.

additionally saying that “the entire strength of the structure was on the outer edge” is plain wrong. nobody even would consider to design a building like that, and i know for a fact that the core of this specific building was exceptionally and unnecesarily built strong.

i have been having this inner conflict with myself for decades. these two building fell after a plane hit them (and another without a plane impact). but i cannot accept that they caused the collapse, my professional integrity does not let me.

unrelated

is there a possibility that he gets called to testify and asked “what did you mean by america deserved 9/11?” because that can get him killed, unironically.

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i have a logitech mx ergo and i love it. i had doubts about getting used to it, because most of my work consists of cad and 3d files, but it took like a day to get used to it. now i’m more comfortable using that than any other mice. i have a thinkpad at home and i love the trackpoint, too. maybe that’s the gateway pointing device :)

i’m using their e-mail, too and it’s working fine. they also have a custom domain perk which you can forward your custom domain there.

tell him “breathe bro”

i have only seen it used for wood but i guess leather can be impregnated, too.

I have a thick as a brick vinyl from 1972 and it’s still in a great condition :) i know it’s not suitable for 8-channel recordings or anything, but maybe we should’ve invested in that type of research.

that’s fair.

i have it set up on a headless server running alpine linux and it has libtorrent2 in its repos. i did exactly as i explained and got it workin, so i was assuming lots of things, apparently.

the site 404s.

here’s my ¢2:

• install i2p or i2pd
• install qbittorent
• enable i2p on qbittorrent (settings -> connections)
• find the torrent you’re looking for on postman tracker (on the installed i2p browser)
• that’s it!

this is great.

Are you planning to compile the programs on the thin client? Although rust runs efficiently on a lot of hardware, compiling is gut-wrenching.

I have an rPi 1B running as a lightweight server and both rust and c++ applications take hours to compile (some of them take over a DAY). so, interpreted languages might be what you’re looking for. my favorite is python. most distros have a lot of native packages in their repos. albeit a little weird to work on, perl is great, too.

you can start out with wayfire, as it has basic a panel included.

simple cuts and joinery

is it woodwork? then there’s a decent workbench https://github.com/dprojects/Woodworking

check out other workbenches, too https://wiki.freecad.org/External_workbenches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCY6pY8NiE

this is a bballjo video (i know you mentioned him) but not a bballjo build. he shows how some other person solved everything with public transit, transferring people far away from the city. basically the 16-hour period does not progress when the citizen is using public transport. you can have your industries far away from the city, you can even have your civil buildings far away from the city.

is dear esther still available?

i think gnome and kde both have graphical interfaces for this. i like doing config files.

she was just happy for me.

i’m not trying to convert her, it’s just that i’m comfortable in doing this, it feels natural to me.