The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick (1953)

59 akkartik 12 7/30/2025, 6:55:43 PM archive.org ↗

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Jtsummers · 15h ago
akkartik · 15h ago
That was what I submitted. I don't know why it got edited.
quuxplusone · 9h 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).
akkartik · 9h 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 · 15h ago
Canonical links. HN changes it when one is found.
Terr_ · 17h 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 · 18h 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 · 17h ago
Should have used birds: https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
ggm · 13h 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 · 18h ago
P48, Ants, was written by the same guy who created the saint in which Roger Moore did his best James Bond
thimkerbell · 17h ago
Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.
Jtsummers · 16h ago
> Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.

What do you consider clickbait in this title?