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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by morninglight on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:27AM (#29650532)
> This is why I'm not a biologist.

I don't mean to distress you, but you are a biological computer.

Just rejoice that you needn't read the release notes.

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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by Nevermark on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @10:44AM (#29650776)
Except we need the release notes! And there aren't any.
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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by croddin on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @11:16AM (#29651274)
Not that most apps even give good release notes. If we did have them you could expect:

“Thanks for being human. This update changes your DNA and may contain bug fixes and performance improvements. Keep on humaning!”

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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by birdman3131 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:31PM (#29652419)
Genesis 1 is about as detailed as many of the release notes I see. And about as accurate.
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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by kelseyfrog on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @01:04PM (#29652885)
The good news is that humans are self-documenting.
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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by TremendousJudge on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:31PM (#29654747)
The documentation for the human body is much better than anything Google ever published, that's for sure
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Re:DNA seen through the eyes of a coder by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:04PM (#29656617)
the definition of "computer" in "you are a biological computer" has been the subject of intense philosophical and scientific discussion for more than 70 years, and at this point I would say the best summary of the state of that discussion is "well, maybe but also maybe not".
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