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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Even if it might be the shape of the universe? How could that be bad!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

So that guy obssessed with making and storing glass klein bottles under his houses crawlspace might be creating thousands of universes? Neat!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Cliff Stoll

He didn't make them, btw. He ordered a giant batch years ago, so the unit price was acceptable.

He also has quite an interesting life story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stoll

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Wow, discovering and ultimately unmasking the hacker is a great story.

And from the end of the Wikipedia article:

Stoll sells blown glass Klein bottles on the internet through his company Acme Klein Bottles. He stores his inventory in the crawlspace underneath his home in Oakland, California, and accesses it when needed with a homemade miniature robotic forklift.

I want to know more about this!

E: found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=111&v=-k3mVnRlQLU

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