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236 points wizerno | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source

1. pantulis ◴[20 Oct 24 11:26 UTC] No.41894638[source]▶

Of course it's not the origin of the usage, but I always found Lovecraft's quote from Lactantius to be pretty adequate:

"Demons have the ability to cause people to see things that do not exist as if they did exist. -- Lactantius"

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2. compressedgas ◴[20 Oct 24 17:46 UTC] No.41897121[source]▶

Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing