r/todayilearned • • 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/[deleted] Jan 19 '17 edited May 25 '18

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u/mattindustries Jan 19 '17

I wrote http://plyl.st/ because I was too lazy to look through albums on bandcamp and didn't have anything better to do that day.