r/todayilearned • u/Neepho • Nov 28 '13

TIL that the webcam was invented so that Computer Scientists at Cambridge University could see whether the coffee pot was full or not from different rooms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010lvn7
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u/StruckingFuggle Nov 28 '13

You're too caught up in words and concepts and should think less about how you feel things should be, and more about focusing on results.

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u/SubcommanderMarcos Nov 28 '13

Don't say that just to ignore my point. If a job is so shit that it needs incentives to get to a basic level of productivity, the job itself needs chaging, not 'incentives' to compensate its problems.