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		brians on April 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Monkey MindPong Heinlein’s Waldo might be a good thing to read, then. It’s the origin of the word “Waldo” in English.

ZeikJT on April 10, 2021 [–]

It is a cool story, but I had no idea that remote control arms were called waldoes when I read it haha.

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