cm0002@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoRequirementslemmy.mlimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1915
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minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·2 years ago electricity (optional) I don’t think that anyone’s yet booted a Linux kernel on a purely-mechanical computer yet.
minus-squarepotoo22@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·edit-22 years agoIf you make a redstone PC and don’t consider the requirements to run Minecraft… Probably (in-world it wouldn’t be using electricity)
minus-squarePotato Lover 💾 No brain found@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoTechnically possible. How large would such a machine be though…
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 years agoSince you need 16 billion crabs to run Doom, I suspect easier than you think
minus-squarebonn2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoOK now we need to run the math, how many crabs to boot a Linux terminal
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoIt wouldn’t need to be super large necessarily. It could just be very very slow. Theoretically, an immortal person with many many stones that follows instructions very clearly could “emulate” (be) a computer, right?
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoMaybe Linux is the first to run on optical processors?
I don’t think that anyone’s yet booted a Linux kernel on a purely-mechanical computer yet.
If you make a redstone PC and don’t consider the requirements to run Minecraft… Probably (in-world it wouldn’t be using electricity)
Technically possible. How large would such a machine be though…
Since you need 16 billion crabs to run Doom, I suspect easier than you think
OK now we need to run the math, how many crabs to boot a Linux terminal
It wouldn’t need to be super large necessarily. It could just be very very slow.
Theoretically, an immortal person with many many stones that follows instructions very clearly could “emulate” (be) a computer, right?
Maybe Linux is the first to run on optical processors?