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[-] copacetic@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 2 days ago

Programming is the closest thing to magic we have. Incant the right words and you can do nearly anything.

It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works. -Terry Pratchett

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 22 points 2 days ago

++????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.

-Terry Pratchett

[-] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago

“Anything sufficiently advanced technology can be mistaken as magic.” -Isaac Asimov (paraphrased, not precise quote)

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

Isaac Asimov

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Of course that also means that any technology that's distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

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