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Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by swayvil on Monday September 19, 2022 @06:38PM (#32905107)
The 0.1fps time scale makes no difference to people living within this minecraft universe. From their perspective a second is a second and a day is a day. Funny.

See Greg Egan's PERMUTATION CITY for more on that.

Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by AntonioCao on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:59AM (#32908171)
My first thought exactly. This essay by Hans Moravec is also a great exposition for similar idea: https://frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/general.articles...
Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by ninkendo on Monday September 19, 2022 @08:26PM (#32906032)
Also, for an extreme example, https://xkcd.com/505/
Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by swayvil on Monday September 19, 2022 @11:08PM (#32907197)
Woah!
Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by oxmane on Sunday September 25, 2022 @01:57AM (#32969284)
Came here for the awesome project, came out with a book recommendation.

Thank you HN!

Re:1Hz CPU made in Minecraft running Minecraft at 0.1fps [vi... by Karsteski on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @09:06AM (#32911113)
Permutation City is one of the best Sci-Fi books I've ever read. Would definitely recommend.