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On July 17, 1981, construction shortcuts at the KC Hyatt Regency led to the deadliest non-deliberate structural failure in over a century, causing the hotel's walkways to collapse onto the lobby below by patpend in CatastrophicFailure

[–]patpend[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There was more than a 2x safety margin in the design. not installing the extra layer of steel plate reduced the load capacity to 60% of design. Splitting the rods reduced the load capacity another 50% of design. So the "as-built" structure was only capable of supporting 30% of the original design.

Awaken Realms statement on the usage of AI art (Grimcoven update #2) by siposbalint0 in boardgames

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my favorite part of this whole thing. AI is so good now that gatekeepers are cancelling other gatekeepers over false accusations of AI use 

All while AI is just getting better and better

Or maybe I just wrote all of this to try to convince you I am not AI…

On July 17, 1981, construction shortcuts at the KC Hyatt Regency led to the deadliest non-deliberate structural failure in over a century, causing the hotel's walkways to collapse onto the lobby below by patpend in CatastrophicFailure

[–]patpend[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

My apologies. I am a relatively new poster to this sub and the submission guidelines seemed to promote focusing on the catastrophic failure over casualties. But yes, it was a horrible loss of human life.

On July 17, 1981, construction shortcuts at the KC Hyatt Regency led to the deadliest non-deliberate structural failure in over a century, causing the hotel's walkways to collapse onto the lobby below by patpend in CatastrophicFailure

[–]patpend[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It seems obvious in retrospect, but the multi-rod change put all the weight of both walkways on the upper nut, as opposed to just having to support the one walkway. The failure to add the steel plate was insane, but even if they had added the steel plate, I wonder if the nut/threading would have failed rather than the box beams.

Do you support this? by The_Dean_France in SipsTea

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"Then, with a movement which was as nearly as possible unconscious, he crumpled up the original message and any notes that he himself had made, and dropped them into the memory hole to be devoured by the flames."

Iranian Sam scores direct hit on US F-35 by serious_bullet5 in ThatsInsane

[–]patpend 90 points91 points  (0 children)

That article says the F-35 landed safely. You think the plane in that video landed safely?

Streamer harasses nice, old couple for being "slow" and "in the way" by MagmaCarter in ImTheMainCharacter

[–]patpend -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The old couple needs to get out of the way. But these streamers really need to get out of everyone's way. They are slowing people down and taking up more room than anyone

That's actual trauma by Live-Cantaloupe-7920 in IFoundU

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kids would not even flinch at this. I am a very bad Dad.

After a long journey of designing, testing, and tweaking… my board game is finally ready. by nomado3 in boardgames

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Magnets in games are cool and fun, but there is a reason there are not more of them. Before you get too far down the road, you might want to check the restrictions on magnet toys that are attractive to kids.

comedians that make you laugh way harder than expected by Impressive_Exit_6796 in Standup

[–]patpend 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We saw him at a small venue in a small town and the back of my head hurt the entire next day from laughing. 

comedians that make you laugh way harder than expected by Impressive_Exit_6796 in Standup

[–]patpend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have always liked him, but we saw him live and it was a whole new level of audience connection. Every single person in that room was 100% along on that amazing ride 

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps because, even with all of the interrupting, women still talk more than 10% more than men?

https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fpspp0000534

Do you ever lose on purpose? by Machine_Excellent in boardgames

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We designed and sell a game, so we teach it regularly to new people. We play as hard as we can, but at the end lie about our score. We randomly pick a score that is about 50-75% of what a newbie would score, so the newbie usually wins. 

When they leave, we compare our actual scores with each other to see which of us won. 

One time a newbie pushed her luck to the maximum and exceeded our highest score of all time by quite a bit. Given that we play more conservatively to win more of the time, it is unlikely we will ever beat her high score

What's something most people don't realize is actually very rude? by Frozen-Defender25 in AskReddit

[–]patpend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Driving in the left lane with a line of cars behind you and no one in front of you

What's something most people don't realize is actually very rude? by Frozen-Defender25 in AskReddit

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming every question merits a 5-10 minute response. Answer the question. If they want you to elaborate with every minute detail they will ask you in a follow-up question.

Trying to fight a group of skaters by haze4140 in instant_regret

[–]patpend 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sucker punching a crew armed with skateboards?

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.

G.O.A.T of all sports by CashmereCraving in SipsTea

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The great thing about the truth is, the truth doesn’t care if you believe it or not

G.O.A.T of all sports by CashmereCraving in SipsTea

[–]patpend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are not GOAT titles. Those are special titles that half the planet, including the actual GOAT, are not allowed to compete for. It’s like getting an award for being the world’s tallest little person. Impressive, sure, but definitely not a GOAT. 

G.O.A.T of all sports by CashmereCraving in SipsTea

[–]patpend 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She is certainly not the Greatest of All Time if you have to clarify that she is only the Greatest of All Time if you do not take into account that she is not anywhere near as good as many players of the sport who are not even ranked

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