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		chmaynard on April 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's a virus, anyway? The bare-bones basics It's a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film "2001, A Space Odyssey". After the astronaut began disassembling HAL, HAL became child-like.

dntbnmpls on April 3, 2020 | [–]

And singing the first song ever sung by a computer - Daisy Bell.

saagarjha on April 3, 2020 | [–]

Oh, of course it is. Should've caught it!

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