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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/fs/File:Goodstuff.png" title="File:Goodstuff.png">300px|thumbnail|right|Mr. Knack, childhood purveyor of Good Stuff.</a> Deep into the earliest days of tinkering history there have been extra things, bits, ...&quot;</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:26, 16 November 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Goodstuff.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Mr. Knack, childhood purveyor of Good Stuff.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Goodstuff.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Mr. Knack, childhood purveyor of Good Stuff.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Deep into the earliest days of tinkering history there have been extra things, bits, bobs, whoozits, and whatzits galore. Even the term Tinker used to refer to someone who was capable of repairing worn cookware and other household odds and ends. Used, or cast off things often take on a second or third life in ways they weren't originally intended for, and Freeside has such things in spades. To avoid being overrun and buried in a dragon's hoard of half-broken VCRs, mystery car parts, and the like<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>it's important to know when something might ever practically be reused. Hence the concept of &quot;Obtainium&quot;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Deep into the earliest days of tinkering history there have been extra things, bits, bobs, whoozits, and whatzits galore. Even the term Tinker used to refer to someone who was capable of repairing worn cookware and other household odds and ends. Used, or cast off things often take on a second or third life in ways they weren't originally intended for, and Freeside has such things in spades. To avoid being overrun and buried in a dragon's hoard of half-broken VCRs, mystery car parts, and the like it's important to know when something might ever practically be reused <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">though</ins>. Hence the concept of &quot;Obtainium&quot;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In scifi (and sometimes engineering) Un-obtainium is a mystery material or part that simply can't be found. Obtainium on the other hand is materials that someone has no immediate need for, but which still has plenty of use for others down the line. Order a 4 pack of microcontrollers because it costs the same as a 2 pack you need? Toss the rest into Obtainium (in the right place please).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In scifi (and sometimes engineering) Un-obtainium is a mystery material or part that simply can't be found. Obtainium on the other hand is materials that someone has no immediate need for, but which still has plenty of use for others down the line. Order a 4 pack of microcontrollers because it costs the same as a 2 pack you need? Toss the rest into Obtainium (in the right place please).</div></td></tr> </table>

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