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Re:DNA Computing by dnautics on Thursday December 20, 2018 @01:17AM (#18722868)
you only have to make DNA once per task, that's correct. You don't need to build a new hard drive or a GPU each time you want to do, say, a gigaflop's worth of an ML experiment. It is reusable across tasks.

Also really fun would be writing your unit tests to make sure the DNA algorithm you've programmed was acutally correct.

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Re:DNA Computing by mismatchpair on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:04AM (#18723021)
Currently, DNA may not be a general purpose computing element as the examples you have given, but again this is beside the point you're trying to make, namely, the comparison between the energy efficiency of computation and the energy needed to create the elements which perform the computation. They are not comparable in any sensible way.
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Re:DNA Computing by dnautics on Friday December 21, 2018 @05:06AM (#18732412)
Tell that to United Launch alliance.
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Re:DNA Computing by mismatchpair on Friday December 21, 2018 @08:40AM (#18733205)
You're welcome to do that yourself, if you're so inclined. I doubt they would take your argument seriously though since you're not making any sensible comparisons.
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