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Unless they can figure out reversible computing to the point their computer doesn't really need any power, they also have to contend with the Landauer limit, so counting to 2^255 (at current cosmic microwave background temperature) would need about 2^255 k 3kelvin ln(2) / c^2 = ~9 million solar masses of fuel (assuming perfect effeciency).



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