Tagged “buildings”

One rare instance where it's better to knock it down and rebuild than try to repair/remodel.

Key things are it being repairable, with materials that can be sourced locally, and techniques that can be taught/learned.

lowering a building on jacks a floor at a time. 90% less dust!

I love how this ends up at "I won't be needing a dome"

I think some people have lost the point of my question, just wanted some advise on how to lower road noise whole not spending $20,000. I don't expect to block out all the noise and won't be needing a dome.

From CWT with Stewart Brand

Original title was "Why Captcha Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing", which felt a bit complainy compared to the updated one. I agreed less with that take on the article, but a lot with the sentiment from the HN comments

A website with captchas is like a retail store with metal detectors; it's not somewhere I feel welcome.