Software engineer, sometimes speaker, always a learner.
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I was standing in my bathroom, staring at the toilet’s water supply line, wondering what the person who installed it was thinking. My only prior experience with toilet plumbing involved flexible, braided lines and the rigid line in front of me was definitely not braided. Nonetheless, I understood the fundamental system: water flows from the wall, through the line, and into the fill valve. Simple enough.
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