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> There's also a story behind that project name. That is not the original project name. The original project name was force-removed by my SVP. Once my hands are

• delroth 7y ago
  https://mobile.twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/1136691523104280576 https://mobile.twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/113669152310428...
• koboll 7y ago
  Yeah, that's kinda understandable. Although I'm not sure how the current name fits the project any better.
  • Iv 7y ago
    It sounds pretty appropriate. This is another SF reference "Stand on Zanzibar", one of the earliest inspirations for cyberpunk, in which we are routinely remembered that all of humanity would be able to stand on the small island of Zanzibar, but that growth is problematic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar
    • kjeetgill 7y ago
      For others that were confused as I was: SF here is Science Fiction not San Francisco.
• pronoiac 7y ago
  https://twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/1136691523104280576 https://twitter.com/LeaKissner/status/1136691523104280576 > Zanzibar was not the original name of the system. It was originally called "Spice". I have read Dune more times than I can count and an access control system is designed so that people can safely share things, so the project motto was "the shares must flow"
  • adfm 7y ago
    “The people who can destroy a thing, they control it.“
• dsagent 7y ago
  I was hoping it was a Metal Gear solid reference. https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Zanzibar_Land