I disagree, that it is mostly preference. I agree that it has been implemented both ways, but once you get into the scalability question, it becomes clear that passing in an argument cuts down on the logical branching. If you have both an enable and a disable function as your pattern, then for components you need to reason about state for during runtime will need an if/else which can get out of hand quickly when you are driving multiple component states.

Not really though, a virus is just a vector for introducing a message into a living cell so a virus CAN be a cure in and of itself. I would also bet that the “AI” they used is actually just a ML algorithm but the internet needed clicks so they slapped “AI” on it.

Chefs kiss that he is typing in all caps.

Other people have mentioned the illusion of the photography, but there is also a slightly disturbing reason why there is desertification I’m many of the cradles of humanity.

Many ancient civilizations becames victims and toppled due to localized climate change due to human expansion (soil erosion, deforestation, overexploitation of hunting stocks).

But I’m sure global climate disaster will be different… Right?

Very ironic you are saying that on a federated social media platform with no data centers.