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16d ago
inPro tip: that old 1956 IBM prediction about 5 computers in the world? I found the actual quote in a library book last week
I did the same thing at the Seattle library a couple years back hunting for that quote. Best move was using the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, that big green index set, and just pulling the bound magazine volumes by year. Took me about two hours and a roll of dimes for the copier but I found the original page and it hits way different than a screenshot. Microfilm works too if the paper copy is shot, just ask the desk librarian where the machines are.
17d ago
inWhy does nobody talk about how a $7 Amazon cable almost cooked my power bank in Tulsa?
Watched my buddy's cheap gas station cable melt the port on his Anker last summer. He left it plugged in overnight and woke up to that burnt plastic smell, whole room stunk for days. The cable itself looked fine from the outside too, which is the scary part. Turns out the tiny wires inside were way too thin for the fast charge he was pulling. He got lucky it didn't torch his nightstand honestly.
19d ago
inMy old supervisor in Galveston bet me $50 I'd never pass my ADCI surface-supplied eval on the first try
Watched a buddy learn the hard way on a rig job down in Fourchon. He kept his mask too loose thinking he could clear it faster and took a nasty face full of water at 60 feet. The tender told him to tighten the straps and stop being lazy about the seal check before every splash. He still does it to this day, every single dive, no shortcuts.