I see no X here.
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I see no X here.

Hackers (and the interactive computer games they write) traditionally favor this slightly marked usage over other possible equivalents such as “There’s no X here!” or “X is missing.” or “Where’s the X?”. This goes back to the original PDP-10 ADVENT, which would respond in this wise if you asked it to do something involving an object not present at your location in the game.


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