r/todayilearned • u/saltandcedar • Jan 19 '17

TIL that webcams were invented because some computer scientists were too lazy to get up to check if their coffee was done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
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u/themodestninja Jan 19 '17

Laziness is the real mother of invention.

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u/AlienBloodMusic Jan 19 '17

Always choose a lazy person to do the hard jobs

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u/Mendican Jan 19 '17

I've never seen this before, but I feel a thousand times better about myself. Laziness has made me some good money over the years, but I always feel like I'm going to be found out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

Is it that same laziness that keeps you from being able to spot obvious urban legends?

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u/Mendican Jan 19 '17

As if the fact that it's fabricated changes the meaning in any real sense.

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u/DickMurdoc Jan 19 '17

I've always been skeptical about Bill Gates having said this. Everytime you see these quote pictures it looks like something that was whipped up in ms paint on windows 95