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[-] macabrett@lemmy.ml 29 points 8 months ago

As a programmer, I'd just tell them "I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people"

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago
[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them

I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

"You know how clockwork automatons work?"

"No."

"Me neither."

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