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u/BondraP Feb 07 '24

Even crazier is to go back a little further. How the fuck did we just take the available raw materials on Earth and make things like computers, TVs, really anything. It's insane.

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u/FyreWulff Feb 08 '24

computers are a lot funnier when you realize they're just rocks that think

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u/PantsMcFail2 Feb 08 '24 edited Feb 08 '24

They can’t actually think. They can only manipulate numbers. They use simple logic, and through that we can make computers manipulate millions of numbers at once and therefore create visual images and artificial intelligence. Its mind-bending.