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Arsenic Lupin posted:Yes, that's definitely the standard I hold hundreds-of-millions dormitories to.
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nurmie posted:dk if the topic of munger's student torture apparatus in the form of a house is still at all interesting, but get a load of the Billionaire Defender Squad logging on "And if you can get past its monolithic city-in-a-cube scale, bring the costs down, and hammer out minor issues like fire safety and what to do if the power goes out, Dormzilla is fine." 
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Zil posted:Imagine the smell no
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This is the only urinals I need. https://imgur.com/gallery/ZIRZD9D
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We bought a house a couple months ago, it was full of poor decisions by the PO, as well as a few other things we wanted to fix. One of the lower priority things we wanted to fix was the main lighting in the kitchen- it was a boxed-in 4’ fluorescent fixture which just didn’t look too good. This weekend, it started flickering, then let out an almost comical BZZRT, so I figured the ballast had given out. I managed to get the plastic cover/diffuser out of the way (barely), and tried to take the ballast cover out. The trim pieces on the box stuck inward enough that you physically couldn’t remove the metal cover. Great. Before tearing the thing apart, I decided to try swapping a bulb to see if the last bulb just gave out. Same problem, not enough room to remove a light bulb even. Put the bulbs back into the sockets and looked at the trim/box around the light. No obvious screws/fasteners anywhere. Ended up taking a hammer to the trim around the light fixture. Turns out that the box was nailed together, then glued to the drywall on the ceiling, then sealed all around with caulk. There was no way to gracefully pull any of it down, so now I have a rectangle of drywall that’s torn off down to the paper around where the stupid light was. We replaced it with a decent-looking LED light, but I’ll need to get some drywall guys/painters in to fix the whole mess now.
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smax posted:We bought a house a couple months ago, it was full of poor decisions by the PO, as well as a few other things we wanted to fix. One of the lower priority things we wanted to fix was the main lighting in the kitchen- it was a boxed-in 4’ fluorescent fixture which just didn’t look too good. This weekend, it started flickering, then let out an almost comical BZZRT, so I figured the ballast had given out. How does someone break out a caulking gun to work on the ceiling and not realize that they're doing something terribly wrong?
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That story is like the number one reason I shy away from removing structural light fixtures from my house. Too much risk.
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Munger's own defense of THE CUBE is...something https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...dents-1.6234462 quote:If you go on a Disney cruise ship and pay $20,000 a week for a fancy stateroom, it uses an artificial window instead of a real one. quote:Buildings actually exist with no windows at all in Michigan and people are living in them fine. quote:Well, everybody would prefer to have real windows if it were feasible. But it's a game of trade-offs, architecture. Crappy construction: Well, everybody would prefer to have real windows if it were feasible. But it's a game of trade-offs, architecture.
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:That story is like the number one reason I shy away from removing structural light fixtures from my house. Too much risk. I had my suspicions, so I was avoiding it as much as possible. The light failure and the realization that the stupid installation prevented changing out a bulb, much less the ballast, forced my hand in tearing it out.
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smax posted:I had my suspicions, so I was avoiding it as much as possible. The light failure and the realization that the stupid installation prevented changing out a bulb, much less the ballast, forced my hand in tearing it out. You probably would've been doing some fixes even without the gobs of adhesive. I pulled down one of those old, wood-box framed fluorescent fixtures in my laundry room to replace with a LED fixture, and the foam on the wood box pulled drywall paper off. That plus the discoloration in the shape of the old light meant I was skim coating and painting anyway. Luckily, you're not going to notice a non-perfect drywall/paint job on the ceiling, especially if you have an eye-searing LED fixture up there.
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Youth Decay posted:Munger's own defense of THE CUBE is...something Is he aware that when you pay for one of those staterooms, it's for a couple weeks max and in the meantime you're going to vacation spots? Like if he's going to compare the cube to a Disney cruise, where's the mouse? When's the breakfast buffet? Does housekeeping offer turndown service?
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BonerGhost posted:Is he aware that when you pay for one of those staterooms, it's for a couple weeks max and in the meantime you're going to vacation spots? More to the point, there's a ton of poo poo that's mildly inconvenient and even charming when you're doing it voluntarily but is inhumane to force on someone. Sleeping in a tent in the woods and making GBS threads in a hole you dug can be a really fun getaway if you're into camping, but building a giant homeless camp wouldn't be optimal for student housing either.
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Also like Mr. Billionaire has ever been anywhere near the window-less interior state rooms on a cruise poo poo. Maybe he read a brochure about them while sitting on the fantail suite, but more likely he read the brochure while sitting in the stateroom of his yacht. Comparing your windowless cell to a Disney cruise stateroom is some serious "how much could a banana cost, Michael" energy.
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Cruise ships. A well known example of extremely healthy disease-free environments.
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Windowless rooms with full spectrum sunlight panels eh? Are we sure this isn't a massive, stealth grow-op?
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EmptyVessel posted:Windowless rooms with full spectrum sunlight panels eh?
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I really hope they come out in plain white cans with black text labels. THANKS FOR CHOOSING PEPSI
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SubponticatePoster posted:It's a uni dorm at a California university. Guaranteed at least a few people will grow weed in there. New idea - build the building, turn the entire thing into a grow op and then use the proceeds to build some dorms with goddamn windows. As was mentioned in the WTYP episode, the kicker is that THE CUBE is projected to cost $1.5 billion (that's over $200k per student) and Munger is only footing 1/10th of the cost.
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SubponticatePoster posted:It's a uni dorm at a California university. Guaranteed at least a few people will grow weed in there. New idea - build the building, turn the entire thing into a grow op and then use the proceeds to build some dorms with goddamn windows. Build it. Turn all the windowless rooms into nurseries for various modern and legacy strains of weed. Put weed and smoking gear stalls, dance zones, chill out rooms, munchies dispensaries, coffee shops, etc., etc. in the communal spaces. Rent the windowed rooms out to stoner tourists. All profit after costs goes into aggressively buying up existing local housing (to get round those zoning restrictions) to re-purpose as student accommodation and funding improved infrastructure and public transport so students can get to their classes/stoner tourists can go be touristy . Done.
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Youth Decay posted:As was mentioned in the WTYP episode, the kicker is that THE CUBE is projected to cost $1.5 billion (that's over $200k per student) and Munger is only footing 1/10th of the cost. Yea I don't get how this thing can cost so much. Someone is getting a cut if their costs are that high.
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Well I just don't believe the intersection of construction and college would be a scam.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Yea I don't get how this thing can cost so much. Someone is getting a cut if their costs are that high. Have you priced the machinery required to move rooms around and the self resetting deadly traps lately? It’s insane. They kinda simplify the whole college experience by charging full tuition on day one and then just letting students enter The Cube.
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iv46vi posted:Have you priced the machinery required to move rooms around and the self resetting deadly traps lately? It’s insane. 
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Blistex posted:Finished the first run of my stairs. Double 3/4" ply for the treads, single 3/4 ply for the risers. A builder friend stopped by and said I had hosed up the stringers, because they would never fit together right. jaded burnout eat your fuckin' heart out!!!!!
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:jaded burnout eat your fuckin' heart out!!!!! Idgi
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Blistex posted:Idgi Forums user Jaded Burnout has a thread in which they renovate their house and had some issues with the stairs.
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Dear Lord I wish there was more than just one photo of this place: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/85-E-Canyonview-Dr-Ransom-Canyon-TX-79366/54084618_zpid/
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Phanatic posted:Dear Lord I wish there was more than just one photo of this place: I don't know who you are but get the gently caress out of my Fallout 4 save file.
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Phanatic posted:Dear Lord I wish there was more than just one photo of this place: Enjoy
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peanut posted:I don't think that huge gap between top step and 2nd floor is permanent
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Blistex posted:Finished the first run of my stairs. Double 3/4" ply for the treads, single 3/4 ply for the risers. A builder friend stopped by and said I had hosed up the stringers, because they would never fit together right. You are now protected.
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Forums user Jaded Burnout has a thread in which they renovate their house and had some issues with the stairs. The thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3824923&perpage=40 He's been working on those stairs for over a year I think?
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Phanatic posted:Dear Lord I wish there was more than just one photo of this place: But have you seen this?  I met the man who built both of these. I also met his wife on several occasions. They're both dead now. The cow is creepy on the inside. It looks like a weirdos basement den. The pagoda is unsafe to enter. He built them by hand. His wife hated them. As far as I know, they're still standing.
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mostlygray posted:The cow is creepy on the inside. Also the outside.
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