• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
    611·
    1 year ago

    Like back in the day when the Romans would have the engineer stand underneath the bridge while it was tested.

      • 🧋 Teh C Peng Siu Dai@lemmy.world
        B
        171·
        1 year ago

        Sounds good, the finance, political and oil industries should adopt this practice too. Stock market crash - wall street culling time! 🥳

      • sudo22@lemmy.world
        15·
        1 year ago

        Drive a single 18-Wheeler (hundreds in a day, whatever) over any ancient road or bridge you’re thinking of and you’ll see how false this statement is.

      • ch00f@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Survivorship bias.

        All the shit they made that didn’t last fell apart in 20 years, so it’s not around anymore for us to gawk at.

    • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
      10·
      1 year ago

      That sounds interesting, I did a quick search and couldn’t find any good sources for it. Do you mind linking yours?

      • dukk@programming.dev
        9·
        1 year ago

        It’s actually a common misconception. Here’s a good article which debunks that. TLDR there’s no true historical evidence that this ever happened.