All Modern Digital Infrastructure Runs On Rocks

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All Modern Digital Infrastructure Runs On Rocks

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GASP! The AUDACITY of this truth bomb! Our entire digital universe—all those fancy cloud services, AI algorithms, and billion-dollar tech empires—literally runs on rocks that some sweaty people dug out of the ground! 💎

Silicon chips? Just fancy sand. Your $3000 MacBook? Glorified minerals with electricity. That "cloud" where your precious selfies live? LITERAL ROCKS WITH LIGHTNING INSIDE THEM!

Next time you're debugging that nightmare codebase at 3am, just remember: your career depends on shiny pebbles that some dude with a hard hat is crowned king of finding. The digital revolution is just rocks doing math REALLY fast. I can't even!

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