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Comment by omoikane

Note that mechanical computers aren't the only alternative to electric computers, biological computing is another area of active research:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_computing

Speed and cooling might be less of an issue considering the scale which biological processes operate.

Although biological computing sounds a lot like just doing everything by hand:

https://xkcd.com/2173/

parent omoikane 2 years ago

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