One of the things I like about programming is it feels like legit magic. You infuse a lightning stone with words of power that bend its mind to your will.
One must be cautious. The stone will do what is asked of it. Exactly what is asked of it. Ask carefully.
Computers and tech in general often feels like magic. The first computer I ever used was a ZX Spectrum, now I have something vastly more computationally powerful, and constantly connected to a worldwide communication network and knowledge repository in my pocket!
It's amazing any of it actually works, especially as we don't always seem to know how it works.
Well, it's not quite fantasy, but the Laundry Files novels by Charles Stross merge the concept of "math/algorithms is magic" with lovecraftian horror and satire.
There is something similar in Daemon (or maybe in the sequel Freedom™) in which
::: spoiler extremely minor spoiler
they enchant an invisibility ring, and the ritual is a sequence of steps involving a physical object. In the end, the ring is "tracked" by the AI so that who wears it is automatically removed from surveillance videos
:::
One of the things I like about programming is it feels like legit magic. You infuse a lightning stone with words of power that bend its mind to your will.
One must be cautious. The stone will do what is asked of it. Exactly what is asked of it. Ask carefully.
Computers and tech in general often feels like magic. The first computer I ever used was a ZX Spectrum, now I have something vastly more computationally powerful, and constantly connected to a worldwide communication network and knowledge repository in my pocket!
It's amazing any of it actually works, especially as we don't always seem to know how it works.
Wireless is magic and no technical jargon can convince me otherwise. How do you begin to troubleshoot magic?
First you must harness the powers of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Magic has rules too, you just need to know them.
At least good magic does 😆
With a wand.
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from technology
-Phil Foglio
~ Clark C Arthur
Arthur C. Clarke, 1962, “Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible”
We conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells
Do my bidding magical thinking sand!
What is the original source?
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By /u/PLutonium273
This would be a great fantasy novel honestly.
Well, it's not quite fantasy, but the Laundry Files novels by Charles Stross merge the concept of "math/algorithms is magic" with lovecraftian horror and satire.
Teaching sand to think was a mistake
There's a series called Magic 2.0 that comes close. You might like it!
There is something similar in Daemon (or maybe in the sequel Freedom™) in which
::: spoiler extremely minor spoiler they enchant an invisibility ring, and the ritual is a sequence of steps involving a physical object. In the end, the ring is "tracked" by the AI so that who wears it is automatically removed from surveillance videos :::
The closest series that I know is Magic 2.0
A version of this kind of is. Check out the Magebreakers series.
Its basically why one of windows 11s goals is complete rewrite of the start bar. Just to get away from legacy spaghetti code from ME.
Windows 11 is just a reskined version of windows 10
So True
@loops @simple
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By /u/PLutonium273
Did you mean, let me rewrite it from scratch? :p