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If there’s no garden, there’s no flowers. I could try to be a flower in the garden, or I could try to make sure there is a garden. So I’m trying to make sure there is a garden, such that in the future, many Feynmans may bloom.
The Elon Musk Blog Series
Tim Urban
This was heavily edited, and seemed to be scripted as well. Parts of Morrison's broadcast were later dubbed onto newsreel footage. That gave the impression that the words and film were recorded together, but that was not the case.
Why would they do this?
The Hindenburg Represent...
@RealhumanSchwab on Twitter
To achieve this form, the Pantheon pushes the limits of the materials from which it is built, which helps explain why a dome of this height hasn’t been created with the same technology since. So much reinforcement is needed to keep this dome standing that the walls of the dome are 20 feet thick at the base of the dome and only 4 feet thick at the edge of the oculus.
Design for Hackers
David Kadavy
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