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by dukha 2310 days ago
Slightly unrelated, but what amazes me is the fact that every living organism, in a nutshell, is a fork bomb.
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More to the point, it's gray goo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_goo
"what amazes me is the fact that every living organism, in a nutshell, is a fork bomb."

Luckily the lazy sysadmin takes a lifetime to notice and correct the issue:)

Cancer is a fork bomb, most cells are luckily a bit nicer than that :)
Most of them are. But eg worker bees ain't.
With s/ulimit/Hayflick limit/