They say, based on scientific evidence, that a person's life lasts thirty-six thousand days. So what about a machine, or a single component? How many times does it... live? Take a washing machine, for example. Do you know how many buttons get pressed and how many rotations it takes from the day it leaves the factory until it's scrapped? There's someone... no, there are a whole lot of people who will know.
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