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[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 15 points 4 days ago (19 children)

That's like Ali G saying he invented the PlayStation 2 because he thought about it when the playstation came out.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago (18 children)

I was annoyed as a kid when I independently came up with the idea of a flying car then found out that the world beat me to it.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 days ago (4 children)

That happened to me a few years back, a friend just had his clutch fail in his car. I started thinking how to make a better way to transfer power from motor to wheels.

Turns out I just reinvented the fluid coupling used in automatic transmissions.....needless to say my idea wasn't that impressive after that.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Haha, you ran into the mechanically inclined adult version!

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's called the adult version because it involves fluids.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Oh god damn it. Here, lol. 🥇

Even your user name sounds like a youtuber I'd watch about my adult tinker toys (think carpentry).

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