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		Arcsech on Jan 9, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Legends of the Ancient Web (2017) I mean, transistor-based microelectronics are basically just special rocks that we have inscribed with very precise geometrical patterns and feed lightning into in order to make them behave how we want.

TeMPOraL on Jan 9, 2018 [–]

Yeah. As the saying goes, "a CPU is literally a rock we tricked into thinking".

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