Thank you for pointing out the hard-work and persistence part. I had to do day and nighters to pull this one.
IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word. Your comment is well-taken.
IMHO, this is a hack. May not be in the truest sense of the word. Your comment is well-taken.
If not in the truest sense of the world, then in what sense does this come under the term hack?
If you continue to imagine that hacks can be performed only on computers and networks. Then this may not make sense as a hack. Hacks can be social and/or real-world hacks too.
I do think, "How I shipped a product from the far far FAR east of the (indus, not silicon) valley to CES for a demo" would've been a better title, but that's a job for marketing people IMHO. Hack, it is not, it underplays the effort you put in. Effort, it certainly is, for that you've given in spades and more.
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