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You can play Doom using gut bacteria, but the framerate is atrocious (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Not running the game's code on a biological computer (maybe that's next?) but showing the opening frame of the game rendered in bacteria is a good first step

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 48 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Imagine living your entire live as a sentient being not knowing you're actually just a logic gate in a huge-ass computer.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would bet there's someone who has made a custom ass shaped computer case.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 11 points 10 months ago

"What up YouTube, today we're going to build a custom gaming PC for our special guest: Sir Mixalot!"

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's basically reality for all of us right now

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Guess it's not long until the Vogons come.

[–] pleb_maximus@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Well, they really could stand to get on with it, you know?

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

If we're really unlucky, they might read us some of their poetry.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Spoiler alert: 42