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		MichaelZuo on Nov 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Investigating why Steam started picking a random f... Maybe no one understands how computers really work.

kevin_thibedeau on Nov 19, 2022 | [–]

They're magic. The question is will we become Asgardians or Eloi.

npteljes on Nov 20, 2022 | [–]

Definitely a case of emergence, which yeah, we can't really predict. Although there are scenes which proliferate on it, the demoscene for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence

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