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Engineer caused data loss by cleaning PCs with welding tools (www.theregister.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Wilson" who once worked as the boss of a welding shop attached to an engineering consultancy.

Wilson set the scene by telling us this story came from the early 1980s, when AutoCAD was replacing drawing boards.

"We had a new structural engineer who those of us in the shop quickly identified as an idiot with a degree," Wilson wrote.

One day, said idiot decided that the computers used to run AutoCAD needed to be cleaned and that the welding shop was the place to do the job.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 29 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Last Wilson heard, he was employed by a large US-based aircraft company.

Uh oh. Does it begin with B?

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And rhyme with sewing?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 10 points 17 hours ago

Bewing!