The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick (1953)

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

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Jtsummers · 21h ago
akkartik · 21h ago
That was what I submitted. I don't know why it got edited.
quuxplusone · 15h 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 · 15h 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 · 21h ago
Canonical links. HN changes it when one is found.
Terr_ · 23h 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 · 23h 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 · 23h ago
Should have used birds: https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
ggm · 19h 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 · 1d ago
P48, Ants, was written by the same guy who created the saint in which Roger Moore did his best James Bond
thimkerbell · 22h ago
Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.
Jtsummers · 21h ago
> Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.

What do you consider clickbait in this title?