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[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Computers are essentially rocks we have tricked into doing math.

[–] Guilvareux@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don’t oversimplify though, remember you need to put lightning into it first!

[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

Might we say they are "shocked rocks"?

[–] DiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

"Teaching sand how to think was a mistake".

[–] _finger_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sand, light, lightning, and metal