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Maybe it's just me, but name collisions seem to be happening a lot lately. My association with "Otto" is Hashicorp's tool.[1] This announcement makes more sense
by __derek__ 10y ago
Maybe it's just me, but name collisions seem to be happening a lot lately. My association with "Otto" is Hashicorp's tool.[1] This announcement makes more sense than the one I expected to read.
[1]: https://www.ottoproject.io/ https://www.ottoproject.io/
- astrange 10y agoAlso the name of the robot in the Automator icon on your Mac.
- gertlex 10y agoAlso the name of a warehouse robot made by Clearpath Robotics.[1] [1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/clearpath-otto-can-autonomously-haul-a-ton-of-stuff http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robot...
- simonsarris 10y agoI was thinking of the Otto Cycle, which occurs in most internal combustion engines (except the Prius and some Mazdas, which use the Atkinson cycle). I suspect that's where they get the name but they don't seem to have an About page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_cycle
- mintplant 10y agoI figured it was a play on "auto" -- as in, automotive.
- philippnagel 10y agoAnother collision: http://www.ottogroup.com/en/ http://www.ottogroup.com/en/ (although probably not that well known in the english speaking world).
- lispm 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_GmbH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_GmbH
- ju-st 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_(disambiguation)