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A self-trained Italian blacksmith built himself an amusement park
- albertopv 4y agoWow, I never thought I Pioppi could made to HN (I live near there).
- simonebrunozzi 4y agoI live in Venice, not too far either :)
- klez 4y agoI lived in Venice (Mestre, actually, but born in Venice) and knew what the article was about without even clicking :)
- _ph_ 4y agoIf any, this article would have deserved a short video showing the attractions in motion, I don't think the images give a great impression.
- GauntletWizard 4y agoTom Scott did a video on it that's sufficiently visualizing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQEc736GO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQEc736GO4
- _ph_ 4y agoThanks, that is impressive! The amount of squeaking is horrible though :p
- cunidev 4y agoIn Italian, but somewhat comprehensive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTQaJTZDcII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTQaJTZDcII
- gurumeditations 4y agoI just want to know how he deals with the safety design and legal liability aspect.
- jiggywiggy 4y agoNot every country has yet fully gone the legal route. At the same time, Italy is one of those southern countries with many rules where nothing is possible yet everything is possible at the same time (if you know the right people :))
- __void 4y agoin the past sometimes the fire brigade has suspended one or more of the attractions, but since no one was ever hurt somehow they managed to fix them (both legally and as safety) plus we are in italy, we are masters of (also) high precision mechanics [the first person who responds to me with a joke about "Fiat" gets a slap]
- albertopv 4y agoYou never heard of "Osteria senza oste" story in Valdobbiadene, then...
- MauranKilom 4y agoNever heard of it, and can't seem to find it either. Got a link?
- __void 4y agohttps://www.osteriasenzoste.it/ https://www.osteriasenzoste.it/ https://www.tripadvisor.it/Attraction_Review-g666331-d1997221-Reviews-L_Osteria_senz_Oste-Valdobbiadene_Province_of_Treviso_Veneto.html https://www.tripadvisor.it/Attraction_Review-g666331-d199722... it is basically a bar without waiters or owners, the name literally mean "the bar without the innkeeper" However, now it is more mainstream than it used to be, it used to be really a secret place
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- __void 4y agothere is also good food, if one is a lover of festival ("sagra") food
- daliz 4y agoIronically, his last name is "Ferrin". In italian, "Ferro" translates to "Iron".
- thisisauserid 4y agoAppropriately.
- palcu 4y agoNot ironic, just nominative determinism.
- acadapter 4y agoBut it's more fun to say irony when the topic is iron
- xNeil 4y agoSure, but ironically sounds a whole lot better than nominative deterministically.
- throw0101c 4y ago* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
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- Copenjin 4y agoBetter pictures here: https://www.aipioppi.com/it/parco-giochi/ https://www.aipioppi.com/it/parco-giochi/
- yuchi 4y agoBeen there just last weekend. It is an amazing experience. For an engineer mind is an incredible masterpiece. Getting (the creator) is always there supervising the maintenance of its creations. They are a little bit hard to operate but the feeling of enjoying a ride that has been propelled by your own legs is terrific. I cannot suggest enough to pay the place a visit. Also do absolutely eat there, the price is right and the quality is incredibly high for the type of food.
- yuchi 4y ago/Getting/Ferrin/
- awestroke 4y agoThis is the first thing I've seen on Atlas Obscura that is actually obscure. But I suspect it wont be for long
- rsynnott 4y agoOh, wow, from the headline I was expecting horrifying, not uplifting. Specifically, I was thinking along these lines: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
- orzig 4y agoThere is an interesting audiobook about the place by the founders son (who worked there). It’s obviously biased, but does not turn a blind eye to all of the issues, I found it pretty interesting and certainly a fascinating story: https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=0593214315&source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflow https://www.audible.com/pd?asin=0593214315&source_code=ASSOR...
- phaedrus 4y agoSimilarly I had just read this thread summary about a person asking how to fix a zipline that had been built without any engineer input. They'd only calculated after spending $40,000 and building two massive platforms that it would probably kill anyone who rode it. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102002811/http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85204 https://web.archive.org/web/20180102002811/http://forums.hip... The OP article took a different turn when I got to the part where it said a government-approved engineer checks his rides (what the people in the thread I linked definitely didn't do).
- throwawayru6f 4y agoThere is an amusement park built by a Russian guy Yuri here, a formal TV interview plus several videos of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUiY-TAgoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLUiY-TAgoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mIM-wZiBck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mIM-wZiBck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmcvHLBL4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEmcvHLBL4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-WZ4IAZoTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-WZ4IAZoTU Probably not as impressive as OP, but it's still something built by one man alone.
- losvedir 4y agoReminds me of MIT, ~15 years ago. For dorm rush, when incoming freshman walk around campus and decide where they want to live, undergrads at my dorm, East Campus, would build out some neat, full-size wooden roller coasters. I never personally rode one, but I was always super impressed by them! They weren't quite as intense as the photos in the article here, but were still pretty big and seemed to get to a decent speed. That said, looking back now, I'm kind of shocked the administration let them get away with it! I wonder if anything is still going on like that now? Sadly, I kind of doubt it would even be allowed, for liability reasons. But I also wonder if East Campus even kept up with it otherwise. It strikes me as the kind of thing that would have been instituted by someone or some group of people (some kids on Second West, IIRC) because some people are just like that, which could then maybe keep up by cultural inertia for a time once the founders move on, but which would ultimately stop on its own.
- csdvrx 4y ago> Sadly, I kind of doubt it would even be allowed, for liability reasons Then maybe we need less liability laws? If I want to risk my life in a fun ride, and I'm ready to sign whatever waiver, I should be free to do that. This could be a small step to help make universities fun again.
- mellavora 4y agoYou need to reform health insurance first. That's a lot of what drives the liability claims.
- abrax3141 4y agoThe proximal cause of liability claims is breaking one’s neck on a roller coaster made by an undergrad. :-)
- mwint 4y agoEasy to test, are unqualified people able to build a massive wooden rollercoaster on university grounds in (insert healthcare utopia here) without university admin getting itchy?
- short_sells_poo 4y agoThis man literally plays Rollercoaster Tycoon in real life. What an absolute legend! I really admire (and envy!) people like this, they have a great passion for something, and they build it to enrich the world without selfishness and agenda.
- pdxpatzer 4y agoI used to go there thirty years ago when I still lived in the area. Great place to have fun.
- djitz 4y agoThe iron version of PiPi’s Splashtown