The Preserving Machine by Philip K. Dick (1953)
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·July 30, 2025Jtsummers
akkartik
That was what I submitted. I don't know why it got edited.
quuxplusone
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
Good to know. I can't edit anymore. Not sure if I could edit when I first responded. It was 4 hours later.
Jtsummers
Canonical links. HN changes it when one is found.
Terr_
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
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
Should have used birds: https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo
ggm
The Bach beetle would definitely scuttle. It's walk would have a pattern, but you wouldn't see it at first. Fractal even.
readthenotes1
P48, Ants, was written by the same guy who created the saint in which Roger Moore did his best James Bond
thimkerbell
Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.
Jtsummers
> Extra points for the HN user who declickbaits.
What do you consider clickbait in this title?
https://archive.org/details/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v004n06_... - Direct link to the story.