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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maybe it introduces some critical contaminant (many such cases)

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

"We switched brands of litmus paper and now everything's in shambles!"

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 6 hours ago

i heard a story about varnish factory that failed quality checks after one old guy got fired, he was a smoker and used to spit in the main reactor. some enzyme from saliva made it shinier