Shoes banned in old computer labs to prevent dust
selfawareatom · x · 2026-08-18
The author recalls a rule from an Indian school computer lab requiring students to remove shoes. The stated reason was to prevent dust from entering via fans and corrupting the precious Pentium 3 chips.
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