• @fadhl3y
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    32 months ago

    Viruses are intra-cellular parasites with both a living and a non-living phase. The particle OP pointed to is just a machine the virus makes to make more viruses.

    • Tlaloc_Temporal
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      42 months ago

      It’s the zip file, it can’t do anything until a system unzips it. The resulting program can be really small and still do a lot, especially if it modifies another program.

      • @fadhl3y
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        230 days ago

        Great analogy