Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim...
by soperj on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:38PM
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It's not a stone hill. It was completely smooth before the limestone casing was removed. Also I don't know how 524ft is _significantly_ taller than 481 feet.
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Re:Tesla Says Model 3 on Track as Quarterly Loss Beats Estim...
by Retric on Friday February 24, 2017 @12:55PM
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If the pyramid was 524ft tall it would have taken at 29+% more stone which is kind of a large difference assuming they did not need to change the slope. Anyway, scaling buildings is a lot more complex as every extra foot get's harder than the last. In design you don't really build up, you keep adding layers under your existing structure that need to hold it up.