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That's just like, your opinion man. Worm is a cool word. Maybe we can compromise and call it a wyrm fence.
Wyrm fence is a great name! I'd use one to keep my hoard of treasure safe
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The US is so bad at naming things! A Serpentine Wall sounds better than a Worm Fence or Snake Fence. Crinkle Crankle Wall is a bit more fun than ZigZag Fence. A Ribbon Wall seems like a nice thing to have on your property vs a Battlefield Fence.
I'd've called it a chazzwozzer.
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I'd've called it a chazzwozzer.
They're in the lorry and the larder and...
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Most will stand unless they need high wind resistance (or are buttressed). There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks, it's not an "impractical case."
> > If a one brick thick straight wall can't stand Caveat there is quite significant. > There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks Indeed the vast majority of cases yes.
> these wavy walls actually use less bricks than a straight wall because they can be made just one brick thin, while a straight wall— without buttresses —would easily topple over. And what about a straight wall with buttresses? Can we make them just as sturdy with fewer bricks?
No, that’s sort of the point? There are fewer extra bricks used to make the curve than would be required to buttress / reinforce a straight wall.
Where does it say that?
Not a physics person...but is this similar to the effect of 'rolling' thin pizza so it won't droop? Or is it strictly about being better at wind resistance?
Another "article" summarizing a reddit post. They even took the top comment and put it at the end > wavy walls that lawnmowers surely detest!
I don't want to use a plastic-shedding line trimmer or herbicides. I end up pulling out the grass near the edge, leaving a bare strip that takes a while to grow back, but it's a bit labour-intensive.
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The primary point is that you can't make an equivalently thin straight wall due to natural (wind and gravity, primarily) forces. Kinda weird to summarize it without the crux of why .
> Kinda weird to summarize it without the crux of why. I agree, the headline did a very poor job of summarizing.
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Most will stand unless they need high wind resistance (or are buttressed). There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks, it's not an "impractical case."
> > If a one brick thick straight wall can't stand Caveat there is quite significant. > There are many practical cases for a straight wall of bricks Indeed the vast majority of cases yes.
and missing from the title
Would it be stronger for the same amount of bricks if it didn't have the inflection point where there is no curvature, and instead had intersecting arcs like: ︾︾︾︾ ?