Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down11
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s an obscure but concrete technical fact that keeps creating preventable issues in the real world?Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoWhen I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-24 hours agoOkay, sure, and watch out for Nessie. /s Did they point down at a cupboard and tell you it was a tiny dungeon for torturing people, as well? That’s a classic.
minus-squareQuadratureSurfer@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoSame thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-217 hours agoWhat if the invaders have the same in their castles at home…? 😉 (No, I don’t believe it at all. They just built something without thinking too much)
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-217 hours agoYou’ve got the same internet I do, friend. https://usefulbs.com/blog/why-do-old-castle-stairs-often-have-steps-of-deliberately-uneven-heights
When I did a tour of Edinburgh Castle, the guide said they’d do that deliberately to trip up invaders.
Okay, sure, and watch out for Nessie. /s
Did they point down at a cupboard and tell you it was a tiny dungeon for torturing people, as well? That’s a classic.
Same thing for castles/forts in Portugal.
What if the invaders have the same in their castles at home…? 😉
(No, I don’t believe it at all. They just built something without thinking too much)
You’ve got the same internet I do, friend.
https://usefulbs.com/blog/why-do-old-castle-stairs-often-have-steps-of-deliberately-uneven-heights