english, it is better handled by computers at all levels

I would call the gene fingerer

Hahahha, I just learnt about that gene a little while ago and thought the same: that’s an stupid name for a gene. How would you name them? (the gene and the command)

It sounds fun and “magic” but it is hella scary to blindly run some “fixed” command

It does make sense! When you modify a file, you do “things” on it, you write it. So the minimum you can possibly do to a file to modify it, is “to poke it”: to touch it.

Some people just wanna see the world burn

Good job! Flexible tools empower us. Keep it up and spread the love with other people!

Surveillance is the “nice” version of it.

We all know where this is gonna end…

Actually, the word “meme” was introduced as a reference to the word “gene”. A “meme” would be a similar concept but in a cultural (rather than biological) realm.

it is “a unit of cultural transmission”—the cultural equivalent of a gene

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/meme-word-origins-history