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Ranger50 MegaDork
4/26/24 7:23 p.m.

Ranger50 MegaDork
4/26/24 7:24 p.m.

Wally (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
4/26/24 7:30 p.m.

NickD said:

A few years ago I saw a photo book on Soviet bus stop shelters in an antique shop. They were really into branding and crazy shapes depending on the region. Unfortunately it was gone when I went back to buy it.

RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
4/26/24 7:44 p.m.

NickD said:

That's totally my shiny happy cat. He'll stomp around as soon as there's even the slightest bit of bare spot in the bowl, never mind that he buries his face into it, pushing the food out to the side.

RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
4/26/24 7:44 p.m.

volvoclearinghouse UltimaDork
4/26/24 8:30 p.m.

Wally (Forum Supporter) said:
NickD said:

A few years ago I saw a photo book on Soviet bus stop shelters in an antique shop. They were really into branding and crazy shapes depending on the region. Unfortunately it was gone when I went back to buy it.

You mean Steely Dan?

nderwater UltimaDork
4/26/24 9:01 p.m.

RealMiniNoMore (Forum Supporter) PowerDork
4/26/24 10:41 p.m.

fasted58 MegaDork
4/27/24 1:30 a.m.

Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
4/27/24 6:06 a.m.

Ranger50 MegaDork
4/27/24 7:10 a.m.

Steve_Jones UltraDork
4/27/24 10:07 a.m.

RevRico MegaDork
4/27/24 11:18 a.m.

DasAuto MegaDork
4/27/24 1:28 p.m.

RevRico said:

That looks like an AI imagining of a car suspension.

mtn MegaDork
4/27/24 2:14 p.m.

In reply to DasAuto :

I'm assuming the complexity has to do with the regenerative braking system. But I'm not looking for the answer.

David Elfering Reader
4/27/24 2:14 p.m.

GameboyRMH MegaDork
4/27/24 3:15 p.m.

In reply to mtn :

I looked it up, it has nothing to do with regen, they're claiming it has some geometry advantages over a double-wishbone setup. I'm guessing the reason no race car has ever run it is that it relies on bushing flex and could easily become a bind-ridden nightmare:

https://global.honda/en/newsroom/worldnews/1997/4970702b.html

Requisite meme:

GameboyRMH MegaDork
4/27/24 3:26 p.m.

David Elfering said:

In reply to David Elfering :

"But thanks to advances in stem cell research and the fine work of Doctors Krinsky and Altschuler, Clevon should regain full reproductive function!"

ShawnG MegaDork
4/27/24 3:36 p.m.

Mr_Asa MegaDork
4/27/24 3:44 p.m.

nderwater UltimaDork
4/27/24 5:26 p.m.

Jesse Ransom MegaDork
4/27/24 5:42 p.m.

Wally (Forum Supporter) said:
NickD said:

A few years ago I saw a photo book on Soviet bus stop shelters in an antique shop. They were really into branding and crazy shapes depending on the region. Unfortunately it was gone when I went back to buy it.

I think there were a couple of versions? Got a friend one way back when there was a Kickstarter for it, and later got what might be a smaller or condensed version, but these seem to be readily available.

I'm blown away by these crazy bus stops in the middle of nowhere and when the rest of the architecture is the bleakest concrete human warehousing...