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gcb0 on Feb 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: NeXT: Steve Jobs’ Dot.com IPO That Never Happened

I recall the journalist wanting a pic for the cover of NeXT is dead edition. and even in a industrial oven he had a hard time igniting the magnesium. I think he never did. probably a magnesium alloy

aaronbrethorst on Feb 9, 2017 [–]

Oh, it burned: http://simson.net/hacks/cubefire.html

krylon on Feb 9, 2017 | [–]

But still, he had to do a lot more than kick it.

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