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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".






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?)


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