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minus-squarecopacetic@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·16 hours agoProgramming 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
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·15 hours ago ++????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start. -Terry Pratchett
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 hours ago“Anything sufficiently advanced technology can be mistaken as magic.” -Isaac Asimov (paraphrased, not precise quote)
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours ago Isaac Asimov *Arthur C. Clarke.
minus-squaremcv@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 hours agoOf course that also means that any technology that’s distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Programming is the closest thing to magic we have. Incant the right words and you can do nearly anything.
-Terry Pratchett
“Anything sufficiently advanced technology can be mistaken as magic.” -Isaac Asimov (paraphrased, not precise quote)
*Arthur C. Clarke.
Of course that also means that any technology that’s distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.