theturtlemoves

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[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

You'd have to make major adjustments to actually have one violently explode.

That, or buy a Samsung smartphone.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Or you could blow the door or window of the plane and crash it.

Would it be enough to actually compromise the hull? The hull would be built to withstand random birds colliding (and at the speed a plane flies, a bird would hit it with the force of a bullet or so), so I'm guessing it should be fairly strong. Also, a hole in the hull shouldn't cause a crash - the 'door fell off' Boeing still managed to land safely. (Whoever is near the explosion is going to get badly injured / killed though.)

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

I mean, she's not wrong.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Old buildings, particularly stone ones, can stand for centuries with good maintanence. I've seen so many cases of old (100yo) buildings standing in much better shape than newer (20-30yo) ones.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, but those are devices specially shaped and reinforced to tip the train.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

You only need to derail ONE of the bogies/wheel sets of only one of the wagons for the train to be "derailed".

Yes, it looks like the train in the image jack-knifed, suggesting it probably isn't articulated. So the affected coach can be pushed off by itself, rather than being stabilised by the weight of the rest of the train.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm guessing hydro-electric also requires a water supply.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Wording aside, how does a train get derailed by a car? A car would be - what - a tonne? A single coach of a train would be 10-20 tonnes.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If enough of them sell, the price will go down, so at least they'll be selling at a 'loss' and people will be able to buy them at reasonable prices.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

The CSA precedes the Nazis. In fact, Nazi race laws were partially based on slavery laws from the southern US.

[–] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

Cake was never an option.

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