Browncoat40

Browncoat40 t1_jclehkt wrote

Lol. There are enough other semi-reputable things to blame. Twitter, politicians, “woke” Silicon Valley businesses, hell even boogeymen like the woke mob or regulations. Remote work didn’t cause a short-term shortfall or a bank run

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Browncoat40 t1_j2f07ub wrote

For many companies, renting is a better tax situation because they can claim rent as a business expense that means their net profit (the number that is actually taxed) is much lower. So even if a company wants to own a building, the owners will create a separate business that owns the building and rent it from their other business.

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Browncoat40 t1_iy71gt9 wrote

I’m not sure exactly what you mean; curved or sloped?

Either way, keeping a bridge straight and level is simplest. It distributes loads evenly on both sides, allows the builder to use straight and square members (rather than something that’s slightly off), and things like that. They can make bridges with significant slopes and curves; freeway interchanges are a good example. But they are more complicated. And if a bridge needs a slight slope, oftentimes it’s easier to simply fill in dirt on the low side to make it level rather than have a bridge compensate for being less balanced.

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