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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of people think I'm joking when I say I'm a good at what I do because I'm a witch doctor with computers. Software Engineering requires experience with the occult, at a minimum.

[–] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“In my professional opinion, this network is haunted.”
…haunted?
(Points to various certifications) “HAUNTED.”

[–] Daryl76679@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And for some reason printers seem to be the place where the spirits are strongest

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I think you mean demons

[–] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

The demons are attracted to doorways, passages between spaces, worlds, and realms. And printers are the ultimate doorway: a portal through which ideas and concepts can leave the software realm and enter the physical

[–] Floey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.

[–] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually had a concept for a fantasy world, where magicians craft spells much the same way software devs do. So you make your spell and publish it to the ether, and then anyone can invoke it using the magic word (package name), assuming the have the right dependencies available (eye of newt or whatever). But spells might have bugs. So if you used eye of red newt while the spell smith built it with the expectation you had eye of blue newt you might get unintended consequences

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

i mean it's pretty common for runes to just be conceptual programming languages and if you do something wrong then instead of having a lighter you get a bomb