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Nah, there's water-based computers, there could be compressed air computers. Picturing the different logic gates running on compressed air is a hoot.

• mikeash 8y ago
  You should check out Ted Chiang’s story “Exhalation.”
  • VikingCoder 8y ago
    This seems to be a legal copy of it? http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Ted%20Chiang.html http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Te...
    • mikeash 8y ago
      That’s the one. I have no special insight into the legality, but it looks legitimate to me.