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The old magic (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Warlocking is basically the new magic; you just borrowing access from a much more powerful entity for a fee .

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

SAAS

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sorcery as a Service?

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ugh, cloud magic.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Do you get to the cloud district very often?

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

If the service becomes large and widespread enough, using the sorcery might become less like warlocking and witchcraft, and more like clergy

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

Stormlight Archive was a Windows 11 metaphor all along

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

inb4 Wizards having as much trust in magic as software engineers have in software, which is none at all