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I find it interesting how the literal antivirus mechanism used by those bacteria resemble antivirus software: have a repository of virus-code signatures that ar
by bitwize 3y ago
I find it interesting how the literal antivirus mechanism used by those bacteria resemble antivirus software: have a repository of virus-code signatures that are checked against.
- mrguyorama 3y agoHow else would you build such a system? It's probably easier than evolving a way to execute DNA/RNA in a sandbox or heuristically evaluating it. Life already had a reliable, extendable, self managing database system, so easier to repurpose that!