The Off Topic Topic

[Razgovory]

He was a Radical Republican.  Imagine how history would have been different had he been kept on as VP.

[Tamas]

I have little doubt that a) The Line will never be even near to completion and b) if by some miracle it does get completed it will be an autocratic nightmare thanks to its builders, but otherwise the basic idea of a linear city to make things more efficient and remove needs for cars sound like a decent idea:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/08/nine-million-people-in-a-city-170km-long-will-the-world-ever-be-ready-for-a-linear-metropolis

[Syt]

Someone at PC Gamer tried this concept in Cities: Skylines: https://www.pcgamer.com/welp-i-built-saudi-arabias-stupid-skinny-city-in-cities-skylines/

[Zanza]

How so? A linear city sounds retarded from a transport perspective. Out of all possible geographic forms it maximizes the maximum distance between the most extreme points of the city.

[The Larch]

That sounds like an idea from a trashy sci-fi novel.

[The Brain]

I have little doubt that a) The Line will never be even near to completion and b) if by some miracle it does get completed it will be an autocratic nightmare thanks to its builders, but otherwise the basic idea of a linear city to make things more efficient and remove needs for cars sound like a decent idea:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/08/nine-million-people-in-a-city-170km-long-will-the-world-ever-be-ready-for-a-linear-metropolis

What if everything you needed was always a five-minute walk away?

How fast do these people walk?

[celedhring]

How so? A linear city sounds retarded from a transport perspective. Out of all possible geographic forms it maximizes the maximum distance between the most extreme points of the city.

It's an old idea, it was tried in Madrid (the Ciudad Lineal district). The reasoning was that with a linear city you largely simplify urban mobility, since you only move along a single axis. In Madrid the concept - never fully realized - was to run super-efficient electric trams along the central thoroughfare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_city_(Soria_design)

[The Brain]

In addition to all the other big problems, if the line is cut by a major accident or terror threat you just go fuck yourself since it's impossible to redirect traffic.

[FunkMonk]

Queen is dead

[Caliga]

Queen is dead

I see all kinds of news stories she's not doing well, but not heard that yet?

[celedhring]

Queen is dead

I see all kinds of news stories she's not doing well, but not heard that yet?

I'm seeing people sharing a bunch of fake tweets posing as BBC/Guardian/Etc... saying that she's already died.

[Sheilbh]

Though there are rumours - that they are just waiting to formalise comms and get the whole family ready etc.

[Josquius]

Sounding like possibly a terminal diagnosis to me. There are accounts that she has been seen walking the dog and going about her life.

[FunkMonk]

Queen is dead

I see all kinds of news stories she's not doing well, but not heard that yet?

I'm seeing people sharing a bunch of fake tweets posing as BBC/Guardian/Etc... saying that she's already died.

Yeah, I got fooled by a fake tweet. My bad, folks.

Looks like she is close, though.

[Tamas]

Illustrations from the latest Hungarian Geography text book for 14 years olds. I don't think I need to elaborate on how it approaches the brief summary of Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia: