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		pantulis 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Knotty: A domain-specific language for knitting pa... > Just because it smells of machine oil and lanolin instead of ozone and magic smoke The magic smoke I've smelled before specially with a burnt cap but do computers really smell of ozone???

bregma 56 days ago | [–]

When I was younger I worked with a lot of prototype devices. The lab always had the smell of rosin core and ozone and, from time to time, something worse that resulted in the requirement for a new board. And once, a new desk.

So I guess the answer is "it depends".

Ancapistani 55 days ago | [–]

Oh, yes. Real computers do, with CRTs. :)

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