The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick (1953)

 (archive.org)

63 points | by akkartik 22 hours ago

7 comments

  • Jtsummers 19 hours ago
    https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v004n06_... - Direct link to the story.
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    • akkartik 18 hours ago
      That was what I submitted. I don't know why it got edited.
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      • quuxplusone 13 hours ago
        I suspect you can edit it back right now, just like you can edit the title back if HN changes it. The automatic stuff runs only once on initial submit (AFAIK).
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        • akkartik 13 hours ago
          Good to know. I can't edit anymore. Not sure if I could edit when I first responded. It was 4 hours later.
      • Jtsummers 18 hours ago
        Canonical links. HN changes it when one is found.
  • Terr_ 20 hours ago
    Or putting the lyrics of It's A Small World After All into the genome of Deinococcus radiodurans, radiation-resistant bacteria.

    https://cacm.acm.org/research/organic-data-memory-sing-the-d...

  • zabzonk 21 hours ago
    Hardly PKD's greatest work. But it is fun to see how many famous pulp authors are represented in this edition of the mag!
  • stronglikedan 21 hours ago
    Should have used birds: https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
  • ggm 17 hours ago
    The Bach beetle would definitely scuttle. It's walk would have a pattern, but you wouldn't see it at first. Fractal even.
  • readthenotes1 22 hours ago
    P48, Ants, was written by the same guy who created the saint in which Roger Moore did his best James Bond
  • thimkerbell 20 hours ago
    Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.
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    • Jtsummers 19 hours ago
      > Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.

      What do you consider clickbait in this title?