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waldo: /wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942. There's a period at the beginning of every new project when you can see the beauty in your creation, but nobody else can. It's like beer goggles, but without beer. Art goggles. It's just a matter of fact: you have the beautiful idea, but it's locked inside your head. You start to build a replica of that idea in the real world, and for some period of time, nobody else will be able to see what you see. Hey! It's wonderful to see you still creating. Catching up on your recent posts, it looks like life has thrown a lot your way this year. I'm sorry that so much has gone wrong, but I hope that much more goes right soon. Thanks for continuing to bring us along for the ride!

waldo: /wol'doh/ [Robert A. Heinlein's story "Waldo"] 1. A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled by a human limb. When these were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid-1940s they were named after the invention described by Heinlein in the story, which he wrote in 1942. There's a period at the beginning of every new project when you can see the beauty in your creation, but nobody else can. It's like beer goggles, but without beer. Art goggles. It's just a matter of fact: you have the beautiful idea, but it's locked inside your head. You start to build a replica of that ide

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