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Elon Musk’s Tunnel Reportedly Oozing With Skin-Burning Chemical Sludge (futurism.com)

submitted 8 months ago by blakestacey@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[Eupalinos of Megara appears out of a time portal from ancient Ionia] Wow, you guys must be really good at digging tunnels by now, right?

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, let's reuse steel that has been weakened by unknown amounts and rebuild the bridge with the exact same flaws that caused it to be vulnerable to this type of collision.

[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 18 points 8 months ago

Well to be fair, I think a lot of bridges would collapse if a 160.000t ship rams into its support structure.