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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by kgwgk on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:29AM (#26489039)
The origin of the term is not so evil:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing)#Etymology

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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by dijit on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:39AM (#26489112)
But we don't seem to care about origins of words, Master itself didn't mean slave owner until late in the 17th century.
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