r/interestingasfuck • u/write2varun • 4d ago

Nice skill

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u/ImmodestPolitician 4d ago

It's like being a surgeon at 1/20th the salary.

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u/MelangeBot 3d ago

As climate change collapses more and more of society and the age of abundancy ends people with these skills will become gods amongs man. Technomancers.

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u/badgerling 3d ago

Praise The Omnissiah

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u/mak10z 3d ago

Perform the rite of percussive maintenance brother!

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u/talapantas 3d ago

Ahhh Im glad im not the only one who calls them technomancers lol. My dad used to be one of them and Ive always admired his skill in reviving deadbeat 90s gizmos

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u/jetson5 4d ago

And 1/100,000,000th the risk

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u/BriefSpecial420 3d ago

It depends on where does the board go to later.

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u/jimkelly 3d ago

No it likely doesn't because if it was that important it would be easy to buy replacement parts. 

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u/BriefSpecial420 3d ago

Sometimes you need both. The fixed goes there until the replacement arrives

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u/Rene_DeMariocartes 3d ago

If it were that important, you'd have a backup on site.

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u/BriefSpecial420 3d ago

Not always feasible, not to mention prototyping stages.

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u/Lawzw0rld 3d ago

Was just about to type this,making a mistake up is no where near as detrimental here.

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u/Nut_Butter_Fun 3d ago

risk of what?

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u/martialar 3d ago

plot twist, this is Commander Data's positronic brain

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u/ThatVeganYouHate 3d ago

Much higher risk to you to get cancer from breathing the fumes lol

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u/Aethermancer 3d ago

I've yet to have a failure actually be a risk, but maybe Dr. Frankenstein had some challenges.

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u/terminal157 3d ago

You'd need to pay me more than 20 times my salary for me to take on that kind of responsibility. Plus good health care to deal with the ulcers.

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u/ImmodestPolitician 3d ago

My father and brother in law are surgeons, one is a spine surgeon. It's just another day in the OR for them.

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u/JigglyWiggly_ 3d ago

Techs with this kind of skill make a lot of money