The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes

Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ... by prennert on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @04:27AM (#35258285)

I did not mean to blame him for having polio.

I just meant to say that his solution to his mobility problems came with significant tech debt that came to hang him later.

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Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ... by causi on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @07:13AM (#35259382)

It was not a tech debt issue. He used it to commit suicide.

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Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ... by circuit10 on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:34AM (#35261664)

I thought it was an accident?

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Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ... by causi on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:58AM (#35262053)

Publicly it was an accident. Privately it was a suicide.

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Re:The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest ... by JohnFen on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:52PM (#35268160)

Really? So the guy had some sort of conscience after all?

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