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Mine is the computer. I continue to be amazed at what we can do with them.

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

Consider: Writing is also the closest thing to magic that we have in the real world. You make a particular pattern of markings on a piece of paper using an arcane body of knowledge, and then a wizard in a black robe with a special hammer makes an illegible squiggle on the paper in just the right spot, and it makes new things happen.

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