Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process
Even our local grocery store that is probably ¼ of the size of a typical Walmart (Edeka center in Germany) has a 2 story parking deck and another underground parking garage under the literal store.
Edit: To answer to your comment: This has theme park level parking. They should install a round trip subway under or surface tram at the place
Because they have the space. It’s hard for us Europeans to understand. In places where they don’t, they certainly go below ground - look at Microsoft’s parking garage in Redmond.
My office complex is nearly 1 km from one end to the other and a whopping three stories tall, and the third floor is much smaller than the bottom two. If you count the parking lots, it’s almost twice as big.
This office needs a parking garage.
Why the fuck are americans always building 2 dimensional except for their buildings???
Yeah, right? Looks like you need a car to get from your parked car to the entrance.
Even our local grocery store that is probably ¼ of the size of a typical Walmart (Edeka center in Germany) has a 2 story parking deck and another underground parking garage under the literal store.
Edit: To answer to your comment: This has theme park level parking. They should install a round trip subway under or surface tram at the place
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s literally a parking lot shuttle.
Because they have the space. It’s hard for us Europeans to understand. In places where they don’t, they certainly go below ground - look at Microsoft’s parking garage in Redmond.
It’s an abundant resource curse; land is the resource that is wasted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse
So the question, then, is why build up at all. I’m guessing since this is the NSA lowering surface area for security was a factor.
My office complex is nearly 1 km from one end to the other and a whopping three stories tall, and the third floor is much smaller than the bottom two. If you count the parking lots, it’s almost twice as big.