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Re:Show HN: CuteVirusCollection- a Collection of Cute but De... by bbcbasic on Monday January 30, 2017 @03:25PM (#13524672)
Are they viruses? They don't spread.
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Re:Show HN: CuteVirusCollection- a Collection of Cute but De... by aloy on Monday January 30, 2017 @11:29PM (#13527622)
You are right. They don't spread, but they do crush the computer. So I came up with a general term "virus".
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Re:Show HN: CuteVirusCollection- a Collection of Cute but De... by grzm on Monday January 30, 2017 @11:52PM (#13527749)
In that case, maybe cancer would be a better term.
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