A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900

Re:A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900 by jedimastert on Saturday January 04, 2020 @04:59PM (#21957873)

> We know this is true, because most people can compute that it is 30. The interesting thing is how little dna is required.

I was going to say that "No, it means a computer made from DNA can make another computer from DNA that can compute the square root of 900, but I'm the father of the two year old that will, presumably at some point, be able to calculate it as well. It'll just take somewhere around 10 years(?). I guess the achievement is how quickly it can calculate it, from creation.

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Re:A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900 by intuitionist on Saturday January 04, 2020 @05:42PM (#21958140)

Yeah, it took six or seven years from when I was created to when I could compute the square root of 900, and that’s considered prodigiously fast.

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Re:A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900 by _wzsf on Saturday January 04, 2020 @08:19PM (#21958923)

Referring to yourself as "prodigiously" anything is liable to get you downvotes.

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Re:A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900 by saagarjha on Saturday January 04, 2020 @08:57PM (#21959083)

They may happen to have a prodigious ego.

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Re:A computer made from DNA can compute the square root of 900 by _wzsf on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:51PM (#21975481)

We were both memeing; don't worry about it.

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