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I'm not trying to be rude by saying this, but these names "Vector" and "Matrix" are far from Google-able, and sometimes (esp. in game development, and other sci

by slimsag 10y ago

I'm not trying to be rude by saying this, but these names "Vector" and "Matrix" are far from Google-able, and sometimes (esp. in game development, and other scientific fields I'm sure) not even clear in person-to-person discussion.

Arathorn 10y ago
fair point. One can always spell out the domains to differentiate though - "Vector dot IM" and "Matrix dot org" :)
- giancarlostoro 10y ago
  Usually I would type in "Vector IM" or another word I associate with what I'm looking for if I forgot the domain. Just like "GoLang" and "DLang" when I google for those languages. Edit: Come to think of it I'm surprised Google doesn't offer alternate search suggestions in "Web" searches as they do in "Google Images" it would make searching the web more interesting. I think all major search engines should give that approach a try. I know Google shows options to enhance your Google Images searching.
  - philtar 10y ago
    They do. Google then scroll to the bottom.
    - giancarlostoro 10y ago
      I google'd "Go" and didn't see what you meant. When I searched "Swing" I found it. I think that should be either on the side at the top somewhere, or before results if possible.
  - nialv7 10y ago
    And Google Trend already let you differentiate between Go the game and Go programming language (just input the terms and it will show those options). I hope they will offer the same on their web search
cshimmin 10y ago
Agreed, I think it's an unfortunate naming choice. As a physicist (and hence also mathematician and programmer) this term is already terribly overloaded. "Slack" is clever because it's not an obscure word but also not something one would normally Google for. Most brandings seem to just opt for really obscure words or made up words, which also works.
- rcthompson 10y ago
  I'll just add that in biological sciences both "vector" and "matrix" are also overloaded with yet more meanings in addition to the mathematical ones. (e.g. "plasmid vector", "extracellular matrix")
  - Arathorn 10y ago
    well, Matrix is Latin for 'womb', so it's fairly safe to say that the word is heavily overloaded already. Given we have the top google slot (having gone incognito) for Matrix Chat and Matrix Protocol etc. I'm not /that/ worried...
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rdtsc 10y ago
VectorIm, from vector.im url..? I'd pronounce it as "vector-eem", which is probably odd, but also kinda cool.

by slimsag 10y ago

Arathorn 10y ago

fair point. One can always spell out the domains to differentiate though - "Vector dot IM" and "Matrix dot org" :)

giancarlostoro 10y ago
Usually I would type in "Vector IM" or another word I associate with what I'm looking for if I forgot the domain. Just like "GoLang" and "DLang" when I google for those languages. Edit: Come to think of it I'm surprised Google doesn't offer alternate search suggestions in "Web" searches as they do in "Google Images" it would make searching the web more interesting. I think all major search engines should give that approach a try. I know Google shows options to enhance your Google Images searching.
- philtar 10y ago
  They do. Google then scroll to the bottom.
  - giancarlostoro 10y ago
    I google'd "Go" and didn't see what you meant. When I searched "Swing" I found it. I think that should be either on the side at the top somewhere, or before results if possible.
- nialv7 10y ago
  And Google Trend already let you differentiate between Go the game and Go programming language (just input the terms and it will show those options). I hope they will offer the same on their web search

cshimmin 10y ago

Agreed, I think it's an unfortunate naming choice. As a physicist (and hence also mathematician and programmer) this term is already terribly overloaded. "Slack" is clever because it's not an obscure word but also not something one would normally Google for. Most brandings seem to just opt for really obscure words or made up words, which also works.

rcthompson 10y ago
I'll just add that in biological sciences both "vector" and "matrix" are also overloaded with yet more meanings in addition to the mathematical ones. (e.g. "plasmid vector", "extracellular matrix")
- Arathorn 10y ago
  well, Matrix is Latin for 'womb', so it's fairly safe to say that the word is heavily overloaded already. Given we have the top google slot (having gone incognito) for Matrix Chat and Matrix Protocol etc. I'm not /that/ worried...
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rdtsc 10y ago

VectorIm, from vector.im url..? I'd pronounce it as "vector-eem", which is probably odd, but also kinda cool.