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I think it makes sense, notebooks are hard to sterilize.

• manarth 7mo ago
  > notebooks are hard to sterilize Washing / sterilizing the lab coat has the same effect as erasing the data written on it. There isn't a library of lab coats which contain notes written on them, for future consultation. A notepad page is also easier to permanently sterilize (via incineration) than a lab coat.
  • infinitewars 7mo ago
    The labcoat is a kind of L1 data cache.
  • NicuCalcea 7mo ago
    The commenter acknowledges this: "I was always impressed that the laundry managed to get them pristine white again." I think it's pretty clear they were taking ephemeral notes, not using them for long-term archiving.