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[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 117 points 1 year ago (9 children)

And encryption is when you fondle a holographic semi-transparent ball with your fingers.

[–] BurnoutDV@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's kinda how hacking in half life alyx works, the vr game, it feels a lot better than the ol' lockpicking in pancake games

[–] kite@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

pancake games

I've never heard of non-vr games referred to as this before. It's clever!

Somewhat relatedly, I also learned just yesterday that some flat tumors are called pancake tumors. I didn't really enjoy learning that one, though. :(

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