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3d printers, maaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnn

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 8 months ago

It's a bridge, Michael, how long could it take? Two days? how-much-could-it-cost

[–] [email protected] 73 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

a day

My brother in plastic, a 3d printer will take a day to print a silly figurine, let alone a whole ass bridge made of metal and concrete.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Did you not read that it was a large 3D printer? Checkmate pinkos.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But like what if you had 50 though

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

I'm sure that'll work fine, not at all any structural issues with that big-cool

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

you just make a really big version of the Minecraft crafting table bro

[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A level 11 wizard could simply cast wall of iron, fabricate, teleport, and telekinesis. It could be done in one day at no cost to the tax payer.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago

Why even hire a duplicitous wizard when we could simply have the townsfolk pray to Fharlanghn, God of Roads, until a bridge manifests itself out of thin air

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Getting a level 11 wizard to cast spell slots for you is not cheap actually.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"those are the facts" says biggest moron you have ever met

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (3 children)

not pushing crypto for the fundraising? all-my-apes-gone

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

we make the bridge non fungible

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

Theres no way he actually believes this

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

i was having depression thoughts about being dumb today but this post made me feel a lot better chickpea

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"free to taxpayers"

So who's donating to the gofundme then?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

the large 3D printer makes the money for the gofundme in ONE day. fact

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago

Techbros think that a country that can't even maintain a metal and concrete bridge also will have the infrastructure to 3D print that same bridge and then assemble it in two days, and also somehow not be publicly funded

I think techbros like this should just renounce the west and live in China. They already have Public works projects that get built near instantaneously. Except it's not with AI and drones or whatever, it's the power of a coherent communist party

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Unironically China is building dams that usually take 10 years to build in 2 years by essentially 3d printing the dam layer by layer using automated driverless cement trucks as extruders.

But in 2 days? Man some people are just..

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

using AI

FOR WHAT HOW WOULD A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL SPEED UP A 3d PRINTER

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Why won’t they understand that the future looks like shit to the rest of us?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

Rome was 3D-printed in a day. Checkmate, structural engineers!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No you can't just give the 3d printer the plans for a bridge.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A BRIDGE

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

no but it's like a really smart ai one and it's real big too

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Again, this is what genius speak sounds like to hot couch guys.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

I would suggest that instead of the bridge they use my hog but I'm afraid it's not small enough to fit

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

the funniest part to me is the "just lift it into place" part

Superman will do it pro bono

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Did they ever get those 3D printed houses off the ground, or are they still just a concept?

edit: okay so the number worldwide is less than 200 as of a couple years ago, so it's still very rare and in the "figuring out if it's worth it" phase. 3D printers have a looooong way to go before they're able to even be considered for something this large, and then they'll still have a long way to go before they're competitive with already-existing steel manufacturing.

And what advantage would 3D printing bring to bridgemaking anyway? Steel is very recyclable, so material efficiency isn't really a large benefit. Most of the process in terms of time is moving the pieces into position and assembling them, while making steel beams and cables are both very fast and mature processes, so that's not good either.

And what the fuck is the AI going to do, generate a blueprint that's just a bunch of noise?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

If I was building a bridge, I would simply do it in a day.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

large

Are we sure it's not a bit? Even a moron could google What is the biggest thing to ever be 3D printed?

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Ninja edit

This google result five years old but other results seemed like a lie.

In 2019, the Center printed 3Dirigo and earned two Guinness World Records — the world's largest 3D printed boat and the world's largest 3D printed object. The 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat was printed in 72 hours.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The 25-foot, 5,000-pound boat was printed in 72 hours.

The Key bridge was 8,635 feet long, so by my math it should take 24,868.8 hours to print

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Why, that's less than three years!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm here to argue that the largest thing to be 3d printed is a very large dam in Tibet and this is just anglos stealing valor

some-controversy

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

Why not build it in the metaverse, then sell the bridge to the highest bidder which would then provide funding for a bridge in meatspace?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Step 1: Build the world's largest steel and concrete 3D printer.

Step 2: Invent BridgeGPT to control the printer

Step 3: Build a barge to place it on.

Step 4: Work out quality control and logistics.

Step 5: Get random people to sign up to pay for it.

This is going to be so fucking easy!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

This is like retrofuturism but for the 2010s

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

These people have never built anything in their lives

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know that you think the 3d printer doesn't exist that could print this but that's where your wrong. See we'll use AI to design smaller printers that can print this big one. And AI to design smaller printers than those to print the medium sized ones. Just keep doing this until you get to the size where enough printers exist and they can just work together to print everything in a day.

It'll take me a day to read the wiki about the properties of sintered metal so I'll do that while you sinter an entire bridge. It'll be fine.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's like the alchemy/enchanting loop in Skyrim bro!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Fortify Bridge Building is erroneously flagged as being in the Restoration school in the unmodded base game, so as long as you don't install the community patch or unequip the bridge trusses, you're good to go

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

laugh all you want but America will soon have the world's first thermoplastic bridge DECADES before the Chinese do. This is why we are are the most innovative country in the world and always will be.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what about giving each girder a token on the blockchain

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I don't believe these are even techbros anymore.

These guys all seem like unserious hangers-on to what they think techbros are like. I really think they're either children, or adults who keep the bong cleaner in their bong when they hit it.

They like the aesthetics of tech so they repeat a lot of buzzwords they hear but I think their extent of tech usage is like, installing a theme on Opera GX or buying a 3d printer kit that they put together incorrectly and just tell everyone they'll get around to fixing it.

These people have always existed in other forms. They're like guys who do car repair with drywall screws

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

We should just like, build a Dyson Sphere

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Why don't they simply put down some Mario Kart boost pads to launch cars across the bay? Easier than replacing an entire bridge and cheaper to maintain as well!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (3 children)

3d printer guys are a slightly less annoying form of techbro. Mostly harmless compared to the other flavors. But still very funny when they convince themselves they can build a self-replicating machine and the prototype catches fire by looking at it sideways.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Is this elon's alt account?

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