due to the curvature of the Earth a really long building can't have walls that are both parallel and level. - eviltoast

Aparently, I’ve conflated Level with Plumb, the walls cannot be parallel and plumb. Due to the curve, the center of gravity for the walls would require them to angle in slightly together or not be plumb.

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    1 year ago

    FYI level refers to horizontal (mostly, although horizontal is a perfectly straight line 90° from vertical at that location while level follows the curvature of the earth), plumb for vertical.