Ask HN: What "impossible" things have you done?

Have you been told by someone "That's impossible!" and then went on to do it, just to prove them wrong?

What current things do you think are impossible?

Please share your stories, and your challenges!

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A minor example to kick things off

Long, long ago I was told you couldn't boot Unix and MS-DOS from the same hard drive. (Back before Linux was a thing) It took some cleaver tweaking of the boot sector, but I had it working reliably the next day.

mmarian 11mo ago ↗

I was told I couldn't get a job in the company they were working in. They said I was too junior. I applied anyway and got it ^_^

The flip side is that I've been told that I'm never going to succeed in launching a business. Been stubbornly trying for a long time T_T