Ha-ha wall
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Ha-ha wall
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#2And in Ankh Morpork, there's the hoho: A cunningly designed ditch like a Haha, only the Hoho is 50 feet deep. Has claimed three Palace gardeners. Also once trapped Dr. Cruces, then head of the Assassins' Guild.
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#3When future generations laugh at our excess, what will it be?
Similar status symbols?
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#4And in Ankh Morpork, there's the hoho: A cunningly designed ditch like a Haha, only the Hoho is 50 feet deep. Has claimed three Palace gardeners. Also once trapped Dr. Cruces, then head of the Assassins' Guild.
Designed by, of course, Bergholt Stuttley "Bloody Stupid" Johnson!
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#5Does a moat count as a ha-ha wall?
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#6Seems relatable to contemporary digital paywalls and walled garden variants.
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#7I've see the opposite of this, building fences on top of berms, in areas where fence height is limited.
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#8One of the greatest creations in landscaping.
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#9Seems relatable to contemporary digital paywalls and walled garden variants.
Or perhaps more broadly consumption-oriented (popular mobile) platforms versus general computing. As the young and curious user approaches, the limits of the permissioned experience, previously hidden, suddenly loom large. The realization that one is constrained by the willful labours of an opposed miscreant creator either weighs heavy or is denied... as another meaningless notification redirects their attention to the myopic stream of infinite-scroll minutiae in the central circus of permissioned experience.
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#10Nice hack - lateral thinking for fences.