“Alright, I got it. I’m gonna make a 3D printer, no bigger than a bread box, and it’s gonna be able to 3D print exact replicas of itself — fully functional! And they can lock in together to make even bigger 3D things.”
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“Dude... I think that’s how The Matrix happened.”
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