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simosx · 2016-11-24 11:47:29+00:00

Probably he indeed started doing this for fun but eventually did the "pivot" :-).

smcl | karma 13675 | avg karma 2.97 · | 2019-10-27 06:45:58

I think he was just having a bit of fun :-)

IncRnd | karma 5210 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2017-07-05 15:40:47

That's what he was doing.

abbasmehdi | karma 710 | avg karma 1.19 · | 2011-11-14 22:55:55+00:00

From the video it seems like he found a suitable pivot for them, that's about it, the rest are assumptions.

intellectronica | karma 1466 | avg karma 3.21 · | 2024-04-06 14:58:07

My guess is this was small change for him and he enjoyed the adventure somehow.

McDoku | karma 14 | avg karma 0.16 · | 2014-09-10 16:29:54+00:00

He did it and learned. That is my guess.

fhood | karma 3425 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2017-09-28 17:04:25+00:00

I believe that was what he did

mkl | karma 11432 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2019-08-14 10:42:42+00:00

I think that was his initial idea, but he kept going when he found stuff. From later in the article: "This was a bigger job than I had anticipated, and after a few weeks [...]".

ec109685 | karma 5793 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2016-11-24 06:24:44+00:00

More like after he got caught, he felt the need to spin.

paulrademacher | karma 372 | avg karma 3.29 · | 2013-03-14 07:57:38+00:00

Fun story, but I'm gonna guess that the things he thought he learned on that job, he already had inside him. It was the first time he got to really apply his natural drive.

noisy_boy | karma 4816 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2021-06-24 13:27:52+00:00

Maybe he was feeling energized :)

DelightOne | karma 483 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2017-05-09 16:45:42+00:00

I guess his colleague found an excuse to for once do what he always wanted to.

Ardit20 | karma 864 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2008-09-21 11:13:24+00:00

Maybe, he wanted to show that he is actually human!

discordance | karma 3625 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2018-04-15 03:37:07

Interesting! Sounds like he was practicing what we call 'fail fast'

turtle4 | karma 254 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2009-09-24 15:14:08

He was bluffing. ;)

baybal2 | karma 13766 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2019-09-06 11:27:03

What he was doing there?

Iv | karma 9755 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2017-10-17 07:58:14+00:00

I guess he looked for key-up events.

rrr_oh_man | karma 1325 | avg karma 1.84 · | 2023-11-20 12:05:23

Where did he do that? Genuine question.

gk1 | karma 24050 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2014-06-10 15:20:15

I would assume he rented a PO Box near his work, so he can do the same trick in the opposite direction.

scoot | karma 2393 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2022-04-26 06:31:23

He did. It's what the linked post describes.