@mattblaze@federate.social I always assumed those buildings were just Transformers that got tired and sat down on Manhattan, and might at some point wake up and leave Earth.
@mattblaze@federate.social Took me three tries not to read "Oscar Meyer" (as in weiner). [Yes, I'm that immature]. But then I started to wonder if "hotdog architecture" is a thing.
@mattblaze@federate.social presumeably the electromechanical converters are immune to EMP. Are the solid-state rectifiers? Are there control systems that monitor them that might be vulnerable? Just thinking aloud for reasons to keep the older converters.
@mattblaze@federate.social just read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations about the selection and construction of the site ..