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If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them? (lemm.ee)

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Magic. Got it.

[–] Moghul@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them

I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."