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Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing

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236 points wizerno | 8 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source | bottom
1. pzmarzly ◴[20 Oct 24 08:22 UTC] No.41893846[source]▶
Interestingly, Safari Reader View doesn't work on this page. Firefox's does.

Alternatively, here's a readable mirror: https://ei.cs.vt.edu/%7Ehistory/Daemon.html

And another: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7w7914/the_origin_of...

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2. Dalewyn ◴[20 Oct 24 08:54 UTC] No.41894012[source]▶
This was the internet we loved, I miss it.
3. latexr ◴[20 Oct 24 09:32 UTC] No.41894189[source]▶
> Safari Reader View doesn't work on this page.

What do you mean? I just tried it and it was fine.

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4. pzmarzly ◴[20 Oct 24 09:37 UTC] No.41894215[source]▶
For me (macOS 15.0.1), it only extracts the biggest quote (Your explanation of the origin of the word daemon ... United Kingdom web sites), the rest of the text is lost.
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6. dcow ◴[20 Oct 24 13:14 UTC] No.41895169{3}[source]▶
Works on iOS. Page is so horrendous that I immediately reached for it.
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8. Teknomancer ◴[20 Oct 24 16:28 UTC] No.41896483[source]▶
“Text of the site below because looking at that site hurt. A lot.” For fucking real!