Would pillow fort engineering become a more serious field?

  • dmention7@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    The boring answer is that we’d use different materials for construction. Or we’d find a way to make them suitable for construction, like how we turn sand and gravel into concrete, or pack snow into ice blocks.

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      8 months ago

      This is the human way.

      <thing> is not behaving the way I want it to? Fuck with it until it does.

    • weeeeum@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Additionally sand and gravel can be reinforced. If you alternate layers of sand and fiber mesh into a 25cm cube, it can support the weight of a car without any significant deformation.