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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by extropy on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:29PM (#22558520)
Random analogy - is a flash drive a computer?
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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by dukha on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:17PM (#22559167)
Certainly. It does compute and without computation property it will be not possible to store and retrieve information.
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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by nitrogen on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:14PM (#22559127)
A flash drive often contains a microprocessor/microcontroller which could be programmed to do more on its own
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