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> Maybe the best example are the gloves that Downey wore--which were no thicker than a dime, and could be worn for hours without getting so hot that the dude needed some Colombian Marching Powder to take the edge off

Really?

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Indeed. That was quite a non-sequitur in the middle of what was a pretty cool tech article.

Its a reference to his old dug habits that he was pretty famous for. I agree it didn't need to be mentioned.

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