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It makes sense when you consider each floor is essentially identical. I imagine skyscrapers and the like should be pretty predictable once the foundation is set
by Panzer04 4y ago
It makes sense when you consider each floor is essentially identical. I imagine skyscrapers and the like should be pretty predictable once the foundation is set up - it's just rinse-repeat for the next hundred floors (mostly). You don't have to deal with any preexisting limitations either, way up in the sky (unlike ground infrastructure, which has to deal with rights of ways, underground services, etc).
- rwmj 4y agoA better software analogy would be "how long will it take to deploy the next Kubernetes cluster?" which can be fairly accurately predicted if you know the number of nodes etc. and how long it took to deploy previous clusters.
- philwelch 4y agoDepends on the skyscraper. Lots of them taper or otherwise vary as they go up, so each floor is subtly different.
- conductr 4y agoDifferent measurement, same process. It almost doesn’t matter how much minor fluctuations there are, they basically know they will need X plumbers and Y electricians and how to space them out. Given that they can adjust weekly as needed for these minor fluctuations.