It’s missing the bag breaking a little earlier and falling into the cup so you have to fish it out with the spoon. Bonus points if the spoon is too short

Isn’t this one actually addressed ? I remember them releasing the snitch after a few minutes but maybe I plugged that obvious hole in the rules myself

It seems all spells are pre-existing and they just study how to do them, not the “science” behind how they work.

One of the many reasons why Ursula K. Le Guin’s universes are much more interesting

That would explain a lot of the nonsense in their society

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Platform_Security_Processor

If I was a government intelligence agency I’d probably sell my soul to get access to these…

I get that they have legitimate use cases for corporations, but why are there virtually no consumer grade CPUs without that stuff ? Surely they would be less expensive and no one would miss the features on their home computers.