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'Mr. Familia, now the super of 42-44 Bond, uses the shop for maintenance work. Mr. Liang simply likes to come by. “This is my second home,” he said after a cup
by sdenton4 8y ago
'Mr. Familia, now the super of 42-44 Bond, uses the shop for maintenance work. Mr. Liang simply likes to come by. “This is my second home,” he said after a cup of tea at his desk. As for what he does now at the shop, Mr. Liang explained, “I take a look at machines.”'
This reminds me of the Anthony Bourdain visit to the Congo. They visit a defunct train station, which even after twenty years has a small band of people coming in every day, trying to keep the trains and machines in good repair, waiting for when there's sufficient government to restart the service. People love their machines...
- liotier 8y ago> People love their machines... They do - and HN readers who manage technical people should remember it. Break that bond and detachment will ensue. For example, if you are scaling up and getting rid of snowflake servers with cute names and personal history, consider giving the admins something else to bond with.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoIt reminds me of how more than one watch company was able to restart its mechanical watch manufacturing after employees secretly preserved old equipment in their home or in long-forgotten attics and storerooms.
- guildan 8y agoWould you have an article or the name of the company. It seems like it could be a good read!
- SamReidHughes 8y agoOne case is with Zenith and an employee Charles Vermot. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/charles-vermot-the-man-who-saved-the-el-primero-and-possibly-zenith https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/charles-vermot-the-man-who...
- Aloha 8y agoThere are several cases of steam locomotives being able to be restored to operation later because someone still came by to oil them even after they were turned into static displays in parks - SP 4449 being a notable example.