David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Perfect Statue

Posted by todayiamme on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:06PM
from the mobile.nytimes.com dept.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/magazine/davids-ankles-how-imperfections-could-bring-down-the-worlds-most-perfect-statue.html?_r=1&referer=http://lm.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F08%2F21%2Fmagazine%2Fdavids-ankles-how-imperfections-could-bring-down-the-worlds-most-perfect-statue.html

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by detaro on Sunday August 28, 2016 @05:22PM (#12378614)

previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12306562

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by ggambetta on Sunday August 28, 2016 @05:04PM (#12378527)

The "clueless tourist" anecdote at the beginning reminds me of a time I agreed to meet a friend in Florence. We agreed to meet "at the David" - I was thinking the one in Piazza della Signoria.

It turns out there are not two, but three Davids in Florence. The one in the Piazza, the one in the Galleria, and a third one in Piazzale Michelangelo, made of bronze.

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by afarrell on Sunday August 28, 2016 @06:19PM (#12378812)

I've actually found http://what3words.com/ useful for avoiding this, but you need to know that they know about the app first

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by noobermin on Sunday August 28, 2016 @05:59PM (#12378739)

Suggestion: when we submit articles, can we submit the non-mobile versions? If you're on mobile, I'd assume that the browser would request the mobile version anyway if you attempt to load the full version.

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by sdrothrock on Sunday August 28, 2016 @06:02PM (#12378752)

I saw this previously posted on HN, and when there was news about the earthquake in Italy, my first (somewhat callous) thought was "What about David?" since I'd just read the article recently.

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Re:David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the Wo... by 2opdude on Sunday August 28, 2016 @04:56PM (#12378491)

Nothing lasts forever. I assume they would have laser scanned David by now and could 3D print other ones if required.

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