I bought a knife a while back and, unfortunately, found out that it is really sharp. It could probably cut through flesh like butter.

Or run over by a van.

IDK, man, the '70s sounded pretty wild: https://status451.com/2017/01/20/days-of-rage/

Which is why I wrote "1975" and not "1970" or "1972".

Supposedly: https://books.google.com/books/about/?id=s1pLvAEACAAJ

A better primer: https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy...

Reminds me of this classic: https://x.com/pickover/status/1536108795901972480

I assume you're thinking of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%27s_device

I am extremely out of the loop, but I believe until somewhat recently it still used nix-daemon and the corresponding drv format, but it may have since been rewritten.

> imagine we create some sort of virtual device that one plugs in and it just basically gives you endless pleasure.

There is a term for this concept: wireheading[0][1].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehead_(science_fiction) [1]: https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/wireheading

also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#Intra...

(I'd thought wikimedia used to have a wireheaded rat?)