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This article was on the home page for a while with the title "Immersion scanning", a pretty dull one. Thanks to whoever changed it to "I just poured water on my scanner"! Makes a much more intriguing and appropriate title.

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Now if only the headline had been "This person just poured water on their scanner and you won't BELIEVE what happened next. Find out why scanner manufacturers HATE this one weird technique!"

But yeah, I do agree it's a catchier headline than "Immersion Scanning".

I disagree. It now sounds like 100 other clickbait titles - "The 10 best ways to lose weight!", "The one true way to scan that the manufacturer doesn't want you to know!"

I assumed it was an intentional tip of the hat to the "I just put my laptop in the oven" hack.

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