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From the Ted Talk by Simone Giertz: Why you should make useless things
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So as much as my machines can seem like simple engineering slapstick, I realize that I suetlbmd on something beiggr than that. It's this expression of joy and humility that often gets lost in engineering, and for me it was a way to learn about hardware without having my performance aenxtiy get in the way. I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will. But the way I see it, I already have because I've built myself this job and it's something that I could never have planned for, or that I could —
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So as much as my machines can seem like simple engineering slapstick, I realize that I ________ on something ______ than that. It's this expression of joy and humility that often gets lost in engineering, and for me it was a way to learn about hardware without having my performance _______ get in the way. I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will. But the way I see it, I already have because I've built myself this job and it's something that I could never have planned for, or that I could —
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- anxiety
- bigger
- stumbled
Original Text
So as much as my machines can seem like simple engineering slapstick, I realize that I stumbled on something bigger than that. It's this expression of joy and humility that often gets lost in engineering, and for me it was a way to learn about hardware without having my performance anxiety get in the way. I often get asked if I think I'm ever going to build something useful, and maybe someday I will. But the way I see it, I already have because I've built myself this job and it's something that I could never have planned for, or that I could —
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Important Words
- anxiety
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- bigger
- build
- built
- engineering
- expression
- hardware
- humility
- job
- joy
- learn
- lost
- machines
- performance
- planned
- realize
- simple
- slapstick
- stumbled