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• Grishnakh 10y ago
  This isn't bikeshedding. Bikeshedding is about quibbling over unimportant details. Names are critically and absolutely important. Lots of great things have been hobbled or ruined by poorly-chosen names. A terrible name can cause something worthy to be ignored in favor of something inferior but with a better name. And you don't need to even be competent in the inner workings of a project to criticize its name or suggest better ones. The people who name cars aren't the same people who design the engine-control algorithms for them. If you disagree, what do you think of naming your kid "Adolph Hitler [lastname]"? Most people agree that a name like that will cause great harm to a child growing up because of the constant ridicule and ostracization he'd inevitably face. That's an extreme example, but names are important. Note that I don't think this project's name is horrible, but I don't think it's very good either, and could be a lot better.
  • Blaisorblade0 10y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law ? :-D