https://jakec007.github.io/2020-06-28-how-we-trick-rocks-to-think/ fun, accessible-for-non-experts related article
Today we’re going to explore how the thinking rocks that power your computer are created.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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Staring at the palm of my hand and not seeing cats.
This is why I ponder my orb.
I guess I'm a warlock now. I do like the version that became the Grateful Dead, another 30 years as a warlock and I to may become a grateful Dead
I've seen this before but it was a 4chan greentext and the last line was about Fortnite porn
What Sorcery Is This?!
The population isn't really in awe of the warlocks though 😥
The population simultaneously needs and resents the warlocks
The rocks ain't magic, dingus. The rocks are just a cipherstone to let us teach lightning how to count to 2 and do addition.
Rubes diminishing the achievements of hardworking artificiers.
Nah, they are fairly common rocks.
We can even use extremely common ones, but the just a little bit uncommon ones need an easier forming spell.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
—Arthur C. Clarke