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		karmasimida on April 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has UML died without anyone noticing? Either outcome is possible. Many alchemists tried to turn copper to gold as well. They might as well think that their predecessors are just unlucky by using the wrong implementation.

int_19h on April 25, 2021 [–]

And they were correct: we do know how to turn copper to gold now; it's just prohibitively expensive.

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