The Federal Bureau of Control
Who the fuck did your onboarding, agent?! Did you skip over the part where you’re not, under any circumstances, to reveal the location of the Oldest House to the public?! Do you need another copy of that memo?!
Nope, the oldest house is just on the other side of the street
Yep, other side, that’s definitely not just a red herring address that was invented for that interactive mockumentary that came out a few years ago.
I think you can read the address in letters you find around in Central Executive
Yes, indeed, in that mockumentary, proving, of course, that it’s not a red herring meant to distract from the building in the OP.
Well then
I mean, at least they nailed the dystopian aesthetic
TIL, thanks! My first thought was that it might’ve been a telephony exchange center, data center, or other networking infrastructure hub. There’s a building in my city colloquially referred to as “the bunker” built with a similar hardened brutalist style that houses all the main network trunk connections for our state.
My father worked for Western Electric, the part of the Bell System that handled wiring this building (and others). I’m pretty sure he worked there, at least for a while. The amount of copper wire in that building is astronomical.
this could be us, but you playin’
My life is empty without a doomer shawty to collect copper and smoke crack with. 😔
✊ the struggle is real fam
The amount of copper wire in that building is astronomical.
Ea-Nasir has entered the chat
But so has Bubbles.
I hadn’t, but I also meant this guy:
Oh ffs is nobody normal? Why does every actor have to be a sex pest?
I actually really liked his character.
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Fun fact: there are some big magnets in there. I have a compass on my backpack and it had a lot of trouble when I passed that building.
It would be cool if you could share a video of that
Sadly, I didn’t take one and I don’t live in NYC anymore.
Ah makes sense. Maybe I’ll ask one of my friends who live there. I heard it’s a cia surveillance building
NSA, but yeah
Lots of high voltage and inductors which effect local magnetic fields. Probably not too many permanent magnets though, you can see the same thing at local switching stations of you try.
Interesting, thanks for the info. I’d always wondered what was causing that.
No problem.
Here’s a video, he’s a lot just an fyi but he’s smart and enjoys what he does.
Might that not be a case of the building having a monster concentration of ferrous metal?
EDIT: Apparently lemmy doesn’t believe concentrations of iron affects magnets. Go on.
The lack of basic science around here annoys me. Had thought this crowd was smarter than FB Boomers.
It’s not Gina have a solid iron core or anything, even if it’s meant to be bombproof, it’s mostly going to be reinforced concrete.
Could be that the NSA messes with GPS signals there too thwart drones.
I was under the impression that it’s an old Bell Telephone trunk/exchange, that has since been repurposed by a federal alphabet soup as a data center.
it is a telephone exchange or wire center building […] used for […] telephony, as well as […] for competitive local exchange carrier services. However, it is not used for incumbent local exchange carrier services, and is not a central office. Its CLLI code is NYCMNYBW.
It has been reported that the building is used as a National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance facility.[1][2]
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It’s a major communications connection hub and because that’s where so many data comes through, it’s also an intelligence base. Probably NSA.
The main server of EvilCorp.
Something something the redundant backups and hydrogen filling the room
Dr doofenshmirtz?!
I believe they’re referencing Mr Robot
Fuck I interpreted it wrong. I love both shows.
They are both fantastic!
Oh that’s just the Oldest House
The janitor is nice though.
There are at least half a dozen quality YouTube videos on that building. It’s a Comms hub/bunker and the NSA probably has an office inside where they get a tap on basically all traffic AT&T handles
It’s an AT&t switch building
The Ministry of Love?
CIA servers you say?
Apple. There’s no windows.
Here’s a great video on it
Hey this looks interesting. I’ll check it out
It’s a CIA/NSA building. It contains SigInt shit.
Telecom exchange. We got one kinda similar in KCMO, although I’d guess there are actual offices for people in the lower half of the building since it’s got windows.
I’ve played Wolfenstein The New Order. Probably Nazis.
Pretty much, yeah.
Cube.
Is it cake?
