A look inside Amazon’s Spheres as they get set to open

Re:A look inside Amazon’s Spheres as they get set to open by gwern on Saturday January 27, 2018 @09:13PM (#16249351)

The fig tree in the diagram is enormous. Is it really that big? And what will they do with all the figs? (Pick your own, perhaps, from whatever the cafeterias can't sell.)

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Re:A look inside Amazon’s Spheres as they get set to open by stevenwoo on Saturday January 27, 2018 @09:59PM (#16249512)

There's a fig tree in Balboa Park in San Diego that dwarfs the one in the diagram, and that's only the third biggest in California. But I imagine it's hard to convince people to sell trees that big / transport them into buildings much larger than the one in the diagram.

https://www.balboapark.org/attractions/moreton-bay-fig-tree

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Re:A look inside Amazon’s Spheres as they get set to open by underwater on Sunday January 28, 2018 @07:23AM (#16250980)

Moreton Bay Figs are amazing. They’re everywhere in Brisbane, AU and there is even a children’s playground that weaves through a huge one.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnXjXB...

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