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In a previous life I wrote the software that controlled my physics experiments. That software had to deal with all kinds of possible failures in equipment. That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems.

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Plutarch

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

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