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Siberian permafrost is melting, and the apartment buildings relying on it for a foundation are collapsing.



I think there was an implicit /s on that comment.


Good joke, but knowing that foundations in permafrost don't "depend" on it but adapt and adjust to it (either through adjustable piers, gravel pads, or floor joists floating on insulation and gravel, etc)... definitely an /s


Except apartment buildings in Siberia really are collapsing, for exactly the reason noted. We and they might wish they had foundations that didn't depend on the ground staying frozen, but that is not what is there.




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