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Comment by kibwen

6 days ago

The output of /dev/random doesn't have meaning, but that doesn't make my kernel a nihilist.

Not a useful analogy because nihilism is a human pursuit, not an OS one. The aggregate history of humanity does have meaning; it embodies information, cultural transmission, a lineage of ideas, which are all artifacts of human interactions that often shape the trajectory of civilization and the choices we make as individuals.