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The name doesn’t inspire confidence to me. Too close to Asylum, but I guess they’re going for “a silo”. It's just my opinion. I know the meaning of the word As
by hungerstrike 8y ago
The name doesn’t inspire confidence to me. Too close to Asylum, but I guess they’re going for “a silo”.
It's just my opinion. I know the meaning of the word Asylum, but as I explained below...it's the association that I get from it. It's like using the word Niggardly - even though the definition is not related to race, people don't use it because it just sounds wrong.
- maltalex 8y ago> Today we’re excited to announce Asylo (Greek for “safe place”)
- gschier 8y agoI think asylum is exactly what they mean. Asylo is the dative singular of asȳlum according to Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asylo https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asylo Asylum simply means a shelter or protection from danger.
- geospeck 8y agoMost likely they mean άσυλο[1][2] It has many meanings one of them is "safe place" too. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/άσυλο https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/άσυλο [2] https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/άσυλο https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/άσυλο In Greek
- hungerstrike 8y agoYep. I know the meaning, but association of the word with "insane asylums" seems like a bad choice to me. It's like if I said the word niggardly. The meaning is completely unrelated to race, but you're not going to say it.
- blueline 8y agothe other use of the word 'asylum' is a synonym of 'safe place' "seeking political asylum" is a common use
- legostormtroopr 8y agoYou are taking a very niggardly approach to expanding your vocabulary. Asylum can also mean a safe place - for example someone seeking asylum.
- hungerstrike 8y agoWhatever HN. People agree with me - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/google-releases-open-source-framework-for-building-enclaved-apps-for-cloud/?comments=1&post=35269645 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/googl...