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My thoughts exactly. Poor fella. I've seen worse though. A newish officer spilled his morning coffee into the circuitry of a device worth over 10 zeros. Immedi

My thoughts exactly. Poor fella. I've seen worse though. A newish officer spilled his morning coffee into the circuitry of a device worth over 10 zeros. Immediately short circuited.

tedsanders 12y ago
That sounds so awful. I can't imagine living the rest of my life knowing that I had been a net negative in the world. All of my life's earnings would just be a partial restitution of that one second of destruction.
- JetSpiegel 12y ago
  If you have an EXTREMELY reductive point of view, that equates revenue with human worth.
ddorian43 12y ago
really? what can cost that much ?
- nsxwolf 12y ago
  ... And be utterly destroyed by a single cup of coffee?
  - kisielk 12y ago
    A quantum computer.
- defen 12y ago
  The USS Gerald Ford cost 12.8 billion to construct + 4.7 billion in R&D ... I think we would have heard if it had been destroyed by a cup of coffee.
themodelplumber 12y ago
Wow. Did this gold-plated B-2 bomber still fly after the coffee incident?
jsmthrowaway 12y ago
You know you could build five space shuttles with ten zeros, right? Are we talking dollars or Yen?
- dsberkholz 12y ago
  Must be counting the two after the decimal point. =)
- stephengillie 12y ago
  Why are you using a throwaway account? Ohh, I just saw the "dollars or Yen" remark. TIL we use throwaway accounts for the times we feel like being assholes, so the non-elites can't track it back to our physical neuroprocessors.
  - jsmthrowaway 12y ago
    I'm not sure why I'm dignifying this Reddit drivel with a response, but my karma and account age should be your hint that you're barking up the wrong tree.
    - stephengillie 12y ago
      "check my previous responses and my credit score for how you should treat me" ohh what an old-man response. It's too bad the Imgur "downvote everything they ever posted" script doesn't work here on HN, now isn't it? My account's karma and history exceed your account's on this site, and even worse, this individual comment bears more value than yours! Ooh burn!
      - disillusioned 12y ago
        Haha, this is a pretty spectacular amount of cognitive dissonance you're demonstrating here. Let's post-mortem this lunacy: 1) You misinterpret jsmthrowaway's initial comment as vaguely racist (or something), notice the word "throwaway" in his user name and get really excited that you can stand on your high horse and call him out for hiding behind the shield of internet anonymity when he wants to be a (you think) racist idiot. Even though his comment is a legitimate currency conversion remark. See: https://www.google.com/search?q=1+usd+in+yen https://www.google.com/search?q=1+usd+in+yen 2) He explains that clearly you're mistaken (which, really, seriously, what a kneejerk response from someone who just wanted to show how clever they were, calling out an "asshole") and further explains his account isn't even a "throwaway" in the traditional, trolly sense of the word, citing his account age and the fact that he regularly actively posts to the account. 3) You, caught perhaps in a moment of clarity, though I think I give you too much credit here, realize you were too eager to pounce on the "asshole" for his "Yen" remark, and perhaps you misread it. Your latent erection fading, you counter by explaining that your history and karma are even _more_ impressive, somehow completely avoiding taking responsibility for a completely nonsensical leap in logic and accusation of wrongdoing, while doubling down on your cognitive dissonance. 4) The Aristocrats!
xeroxmalf 12y ago
Seems like not allowing food or drink near a device worth over 10 zeroes would be a no-brainer, but hindsight is tricky like that.
pdeva1 12y ago
if something worth over 10 zeroes can be destroyed with a coffee spill, i would say it had it coming
- mpyne 12y ago
  As a one-time newish officer who used to be in charge of things with many zeroes, I'd be inclined to agree.
- deleted 12y ago
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dewiz 12y ago
supposedly 0.0000000001 billions of $ shit happens, design for the worst.
- stephengillie 12y ago
  "If you reach for a star, and come up with a handful of mud..."
  - stephengillie 12y ago
    DOWNVOTE FOR TRUTH
malchow 12y ago
How many non-zero integers were in the price of the device, though? My computer is also worth more than 10 zeros.
- stephengillie 12y ago
  Please keep in mind that "price" means "how many dollars other humans are willing to trade for it right now"; not necessarily any concrete evaluation of the device's functionality compared to a human competitor or human operator...
  - stephengillie 12y ago
    DOWNVOTE FOR TRUTH
linker3000 12y ago
...then there was the new server room that was built with one of the 'big red buttons' conveniently placed behind the pull cord for the lights. Why, yes...a couple of times...before a perspex arch was less-than-hastily fixed over the button..

My thoughts exactly. Poor fella. I've seen worse though. A newish officer spilled his morning coffee into the circuitry of a device worth over 10 zeros. Immediately short circuited.

tedsanders 12y ago

That sounds so awful. I can't imagine living the rest of my life knowing that I had been a net negative in the world. All of my life's earnings would just be a partial restitution of that one second of destruction.

JetSpiegel 12y ago
If you have an EXTREMELY reductive point of view, that equates revenue with human worth.

ddorian43 12y ago

really? what can cost that much ?

nsxwolf 12y ago
... And be utterly destroyed by a single cup of coffee?
- kisielk 12y ago
  A quantum computer.
defen 12y ago
The USS Gerald Ford cost 12.8 billion to construct + 4.7 billion in R&D ... I think we would have heard if it had been destroyed by a cup of coffee.

themodelplumber 12y ago

Wow. Did this gold-plated B-2 bomber still fly after the coffee incident?

jsmthrowaway 12y ago

You know you could build five space shuttles with ten zeros, right? Are we talking dollars or Yen?

dsberkholz 12y ago
Must be counting the two after the decimal point. =)
stephengillie 12y ago
Why are you using a throwaway account? Ohh, I just saw the "dollars or Yen" remark. TIL we use throwaway accounts for the times we feel like being assholes, so the non-elites can't track it back to our physical neuroprocessors.
- jsmthrowaway 12y ago
  I'm not sure why I'm dignifying this Reddit drivel with a response, but my karma and account age should be your hint that you're barking up the wrong tree.
  - stephengillie 12y ago
    "check my previous responses and my credit score for how you should treat me" ohh what an old-man response. It's too bad the Imgur "downvote everything they ever posted" script doesn't work here on HN, now isn't it? My account's karma and history exceed your account's on this site, and even worse, this individual comment bears more value than yours! Ooh burn!
    - disillusioned 12y ago
      Haha, this is a pretty spectacular amount of cognitive dissonance you're demonstrating here. Let's post-mortem this lunacy: 1) You misinterpret jsmthrowaway's initial comment as vaguely racist (or something), notice the word "throwaway" in his user name and get really excited that you can stand on your high horse and call him out for hiding behind the shield of internet anonymity when he wants to be a (you think) racist idiot. Even though his comment is a legitimate currency conversion remark. See: https://www.google.com/search?q=1+usd+in+yen https://www.google.com/search?q=1+usd+in+yen 2) He explains that clearly you're mistaken (which, really, seriously, what a kneejerk response from someone who just wanted to show how clever they were, calling out an "asshole") and further explains his account isn't even a "throwaway" in the traditional, trolly sense of the word, citing his account age and the fact that he regularly actively posts to the account. 3) You, caught perhaps in a moment of clarity, though I think I give you too much credit here, realize you were too eager to pounce on the "asshole" for his "Yen" remark, and perhaps you misread it. Your latent erection fading, you counter by explaining that your history and karma are even _more_ impressive, somehow completely avoiding taking responsibility for a completely nonsensical leap in logic and accusation of wrongdoing, while doubling down on your cognitive dissonance. 4) The Aristocrats!

xeroxmalf 12y ago

Seems like not allowing food or drink near a device worth over 10 zeroes would be a no-brainer, but hindsight is tricky like that.

pdeva1 12y ago

if something worth over 10 zeroes can be destroyed with a coffee spill, i would say it had it coming

mpyne 12y ago
As a one-time newish officer who used to be in charge of things with many zeroes, I'd be inclined to agree.
deleted 12y ago
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dewiz 12y ago

supposedly 0.0000000001 billions of $ shit happens, design for the worst.

stephengillie 12y ago
"If you reach for a star, and come up with a handful of mud..."
- stephengillie 12y ago
  DOWNVOTE FOR TRUTH

malchow 12y ago

How many non-zero integers were in the price of the device, though? My computer is also worth more than 10 zeros.

stephengillie 12y ago
Please keep in mind that "price" means "how many dollars other humans are willing to trade for it right now"; not necessarily any concrete evaluation of the device's functionality compared to a human competitor or human operator...
- stephengillie 12y ago
  DOWNVOTE FOR TRUTH

linker3000 12y ago

...then there was the new server room that was built with one of the 'big red buttons' conveniently placed behind the pull cord for the lights. Why, yes...a couple of times...before a perspex arch was less-than-hastily fixed over the button..