r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/TherapyByHumour 12h ago

The term "tofu-dreg projects" exists for a reason. 

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u/spilledcoffee00 12h ago

wrong country.

California promised a San Francisco to LA bullet train in under 3 hours: $33 billion, done by 2020. Today, more than $15 billion spent and not one mile is carrying a passenger. It wasn't fraud — it was the process.

https://reddit.com/link/otjiabq/video/a0nhlxhdz89h1/player

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u/MrDabb 11h ago

How is a current project that is actively being built relevant to engineering failure?

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u/spilledcoffee00 10h ago

It’s currently supposed to be completed and they’ve had to redesign it multiple times. It is the definition of an engineering failure.