I’ve always told my students that programming is just magic. If you get the right combination of words and symbols, the magic lightning rock will do your bidding.
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
Computers are magic.
Circuit boards are basically runes, written in stone and inlaid with precious metals to conduct pure energy around in very specific ways to do pretty much anything we wish.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 8 months ago
lemmeee@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
We write incantations to make the magic rock think and give us answers.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The best evidence of this is the “magic / more magic” switch.
ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s sand we carved into patterns and tricked into thinking with tamed lightning.
Then there’s RF (radio frequency) which is the DEEP magic.
rmuk@feddit.uk 8 months ago
As someone who is trying to get Meshtastic to work I feel this. My pocket node can connect to people 50km away, but the base station with the chongus antenna can only connect across town?