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I did enjoy Diamond Age, maybe I should reread it! It was the first time I had ever heard of "reversible computing" and (ahem) I still don't understand it, but
by mdaniel 5y ago
I did enjoy Diamond Age, maybe I should reread it! It was the first time I had ever heard of "reversible computing" and (ahem) I still don't understand it, but it's good to know such a thing exists
I'm about 175 pages into that PDF and am now sorry that I drew attention to it. I was beguiled by the name recognition and the snazzy title, but I find the text filled with hand-wavery and aspirational thinking, and it also seems to focus a lot more on DNA than I would have expected
I also find even their aspirations suspicious that any such machinery could ever possibly exist to just tweezer atoms around like marbles and voila gold from lead!
- webmaven 5y ago> I also find even their aspirations suspicious that any such machinery could ever possibly exist to just tweezer atoms around like marbles We can already push atoms around with macro-scale actuators that have nano-scale accuracy (which is clumsy, to be sure), and there is little doubt that the hardware to do so will get smaller and more capable over time.