The listing of #Bitcoin as an exchange-tradeable "security", which @lauren argued was such a horrific idea (he is correct) is having exactly the effect the #cryptocurrency #grifters wanted, making it much more well-known to the general public while also #implying it is actually an #investment (it isn't).
I got my first real-world example of this during a visit to a doctor last week. He knows I'm a software engineer, and asked me to explain Bitcoin. Someone's trying to sell him some.
In the #context of #computer #programming, #magic is an #informal #term for #abstraction; it is used to #describe #code that #handles #complex #tasks while #hiding that #complexity to #present a #simple #interface. The term is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and often #carries #bad #connotations, #implying that the #true #behavior of the code is not #immediately #apparent. For #example, #Perl's #polymorphic #typing and #closure #mechanisms are often #called "magic".
12-14-17 → #implying
17-15-17 → #poor
16-3-20 → #cheat
12-7-8 → #carry
3-14-8 → #burnt
14-18-11 → #problematic
implying-poor-cheat-carry-burnt-problematic
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@lanodan @death @matrix @tuxcrafting
#implying spam was ever made out of animals
14-6-1 → #reality
7-7-16 → #seconds
12-14-17 → #implying
16-11-11 → #smeltings
14-15-13 → #supporting
17-18-1 → #forget
reality-seconds-implying-smeltings-supporting-forget
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12-19-20 → #injuries
10-9-8 → #distracting
11-17-13 → #wine
18-18-17 → #mistreatment
10-9-2 → #examinations
12-14-17 → #implying
injuries-distracting-wine-mistreatment-examinations-implying
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16-13-13 → #boat
10-1-19 → #volunteered
20-18-2 → #few
11-6-18 → #conjure
12-14-17 → #implying
14-5-11 → #looked
boat-volunteered-few-conjure-implying-looked
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7-17-8 → #investigated
9-14-10 → #blank
7-10-10 → #your
3-17-14 → #trunk
3-6-2 → #worked
2-14-17 → #implying
investigated-blank-your-trunk-worked-implying
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7-14-6 → #alarm
12-14-17 → #implying
20-20-14 → #similar
14-2-4 → #questionable
6-7-3 → #trade
12-20-2 → #creates
alarm-implying-similar-questionable-trade-creates
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1-13-20 → #extendable
2-14-17 → #implying
15-8-4 → #proposed
14-20-12 → #ton-tongue
15-15-20 → #submit
12-11-12 → #chest
extendable-implying-proposed-ton-tongue-submit-chest
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9-15-1 → #him
13-15-10 → #right
12-8-12 → #digs
10-10-15 → #violations
4-6-12 → #roll
12-14-17 → #implying
him-right-digs-violations-roll-implying
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8-12-6 → #conceived
7-6-4 → #rocks
10-15-7 → #refused
19-6-14 → #grey
20-1-11 → #hollow
12-14-17 → #implying
conceived-rocks-refused-grey-hollow-implying
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6-4-14 → #ground
12-14-17 → #implying
1-3-8 → #risk
2-4-11 → #sadly
6-3-18 → #reply
11-16-16 → #acknowledged
ground-implying-risk-sadly-reply-acknowledged
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