The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick (1953)

Jtsummers 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v004n06_... - Direct link to the story.

That was what I submitted. I don't know why it got edited.

quuxplusone 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

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 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Good to know. I can't edit anymore. Not sure if I could edit when I first responded. It was 4 hours later.

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Jtsummers 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Canonical links. HN changes it when one is found.

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Terr_ 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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...

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zabzonk 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hardly PKD's greatest work. But it is fun to see how many famous pulp authors are represented in this edition of the mag!

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readthenotes1 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

P48, Ants, was written by the same guy who created the saint in which Roger Moore did his best James Bond

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stronglikedan 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Should have used birds: https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo

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ggm 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Bach beetle would definitely scuttle. It's walk would have a pattern, but you wouldn't see it at first. Fractal even.

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thimkerbell 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.

	▲	Jtsummers 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits. What do you consider clickbait in this title?