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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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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 127 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Spoiler: it's "just" a display. Bacteria are not doing any calculations. Unlike the crab computer.

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're made using these crabs.

Also called "soldier crabs"

@wikibot@lemmy.world

[–] wikibot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

Mictyris guinotae is a species of soldier crab of genus Mictyris, endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. They were named after Danièle Guinot, a professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in France, and were first treated as a separate species in a tribute volume to Guinot.

^article^ ^|^ ^about^

[–] 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

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Speak for yourself.

My gut bacteria runs Doom at a smooth 60 fps

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My gut bacteria runs Doom at a smooth 60 fps

I’m not sure I want to know what the ‘f’ stands for here.

[–] elvith@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Grippler@feddit.dk 5 points 10 months ago

Farts per second...obviously

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

They keep you regular. Specifically your fps

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

The real OLED screen.

[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago

Time to fight the cacademons.

[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago

my final conclusion is to run doom on cells it would take about 600 years

Would six hundred and sixty six suffice?

[–] JaymesRS 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago