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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I know a guy who worked at Cray in the 90's. He said they would sometimes add meaningless blinkenlights to machines just to make particular customers happy. The blinking lights must mean the big, expensive machine is working hard, right?