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7 months ago by QuinnyCoded to c/programmer_humor

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collapse_already 36 points 7 months ago

I once took a really crappy RS232 cable to India as part of some equipment to train our remote developers. The cable barely worked in our lab in the States. I told our hardware engineer that it wasn't going to work in India, and I was right. So in India I ended up having to wrap the entire wire bundle in a wire that I soldered to ground on both sides. Soldered it together with a plumbing soldering iron. I am a software engineer, but I have an electrical engineering degree. The VP that I was traveling with couldn't believe that the crap I made worked. Realistically, I couldn't either.

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palmtrees2309 14 points 7 months ago

India loves this barely working lifehacks known as "Juugad"

using a fan as a sprinkler system

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collapse_already 2 points 7 months ago

This looks like it is technology that I should borrow for use in Texas. Love it.

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