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		braunshedd on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unity is cancelling the runtime fee for games cust... TLDR: When electronics burn out, they often release "magic smoke" that is believed to be the source of their power (since they almost always fail to work afterwards). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_smoke

Xen9 on Sept 12, 2024 [–]

I see, it's then from the same document as blinkenlights.

https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-4.4.6.dos.txt

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