• Don Antonio Magino@feddit.nl
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    18 hours ago

    This reminds me of when there were plans to have part of an iconic (now no longer used) railway bridge in Rotterdam temporarily dismounted because Bezos’ superyacht being built elsewhere in the Netherlands wouldn’t fit through otherwise. There were calls to wait for it on another bridge in the city with tomatoes.

    Luckily, this didn’t actually end up happening, but that it was seriously considered, was bad enough.

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      17 hours ago

      Honestly not so uncommon with inland shipyards. Bridges etc. are built to deal with everyday traffic while the shipyard might only send out a ship per year or such so it’s fine having to do some manual work getting it past infrastructure.

      E.g. the 2006 European blackout was caused by the operators messing up the comparatively routine shutdown of the power crossing. The lines are high enough so that the cruise ship the shipyard builds can drive under them, barely, but they can’t be energised while doing so.

      That’s not to defend Bezos having a yacht, billionaires shouldn’t exist, but this probably happens with any other ship that the shipyard builds.

  • SpicyLizards@reddthat.com
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    1 day ago

    All I care about is that kind man having a good time. How dare ordinary people expect ordinary actions from… someone should have shot him.