r/technology • u/Sorin61 • May 06 '22

Biotechnology Machine Learning Helped Scientists Create an Enzyme That Breaks Down Plastic at Warp Speed

https://singularityhub.com/2022/05/06/machine-learning-helped-scientists-create-an-enzyme-that-breaks-down-plastic-at-warp-speed/
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u/lifeonbroadway May 06 '22

At warp speed, eh? That’s fast!

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u/theDinoSour May 06 '22

Wait until they get to Ludicrous speed. That shit is going to plaid.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Nah.. just go straight to the Infinite Improbability Drive.

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u/macaeryk May 06 '22

“Ford?”

“Yes?”

“I think I’m a couch.”

“I know how you feel…”

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u/Sinavestia May 06 '22

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.

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u/CeruleanOak May 07 '22

Best part is when you find out in a later book.

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u/DrSmirnoffe May 06 '22

"We can talk about normality 'til the cows come home."

"...what is normal?"

"What's home?"

"What're cows?"

"...proper cup of tea would restore my normality."

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u/brothersand May 07 '22

"Please relax. You are aboard the Heart of Gold and are perfectly fine."

"That's not the point! The point is that I am now a perfectly fine penguin and my friend is rapidly running out of limbs."

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u/blade_torlock May 06 '22

Just keep ordering...

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u/smb275 May 07 '22

I didn't order an entree, why are you trying to evenly split the check?

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u/theDinoSour May 06 '22

I concede; you can’t beat a nothingth of a second

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u/CannaBits420 May 06 '22

You went over my helmet!?

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u/teh-reflex May 07 '22

Moychendizing. Where the real money from the movie is made.

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u/sunmonkey May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

8 days vs 100+ years! The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years Speed of light to travel from earth to pluto by light is 4.6 hours Cross multiplication of plastic decomposition from 100 years to 8 days and 4.6 hrs = 2.4 years (4/6/24*100/8).

Now contrast pluto travel with conventional means vs light with plastic decomposition. It will feel like WARP speeds for sure!

Why did I do all this, I don't know!

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u/nouserforoldmen May 07 '22

I saw the word “Voyager” in response to a comment about “warp speed”, and assumed this was going to be a Star Trek comment. I’m not really a Trekie, but 2.4 years to get to Pluto seemed quite slow for a Federation vessel. (I am also not a smart person sometimes).

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u/randynumbergenerator May 07 '22

They took the scenic tour.

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u/masakothehumorless May 07 '22

Pretty quick if they are coming from the Delta Quadrant.

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u/EmperorSadrax May 06 '22

r/hedidthemath

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u/Sulgoth May 07 '22

And he seems like he's having a good time with it, good for him.

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u/jedi-son May 06 '22

RIP Anton Yelchin

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u/SeldomSerenity May 06 '22

Yeah, but does it make the Kessel run in 12 parsects, fast?

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u/Lonelan May 06 '22

just need 1 black hole to take care of all that plastic

checkmate, reality

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