StrangerThanGene t1_j63xi3b wrote
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>My laser cutter failed to properly cut through some Perspex
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> in my experience failure is in some sense always the impetus
The impetus was whatever made you want the cut Perspex in the first place. The failure was just a hindrance.
VanillaElectrical331 t1_j63zde7 wrote
Oh please, do explain why a hindrance, failure, or whatever word you want to use, isn't an impetus.
StrangerThanGene t1_j64249m wrote
Because you were already doing it...
VanillaElectrical331 t1_j643s66 wrote
No. I was already cutting a hanger for my wire rolls. I was not already putting a air assist on my k40. The world is shit, it fails to live up to our wants and desires, and thus invention. Something fails to exist before it is created. You can't wriggle out a "I don't want to call it failure" in a world as imperfect as thos one.
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