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236 points wizerno | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.481s | source

1. reaperducer ◴[20 Oct 24 11:17 UTC] No.41894593[source]▶

I knew the origin of daemon from high school Greek philosophy courses.

At the time, I thought "when an I ever going to use this stuff in real life?" Then I got into computers.

2. AStonesThrow ◴[20 Oct 24 15:38 UTC] No.41896033[source]▶

I know, right? I used to read about the role of eunuchs in ancient royal courts, and I thought to myself, who does that anymore?

Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing