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solstice | 5 months ago

Mindblowing to see the staggeringly high tower of tech upon which modern chips are build. Machines capable of nanometer-precision movements at speeds subjecting their parts to 7G of acceleration... 25KW lasergun pew-pewing tin droplets 50k times per second... The sheer complexity of modern chip designs...

It really evokes Douglas Adams' quip that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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peaseagee|5 months ago

Just FYI, that was Arthur C. Clarke. Douglas Adams is also extremely quotable, just that one wasn't his.

solstice|5 months ago

Oh thank you! Should have listened to my inner voice pushing me to verify the quote's origin