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You might want to re-think that name: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dolt https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dolt > A mental reta
by dflock 7y ago
You might want to re-think that name: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dolt https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dolt
> A mental retard who is clueless not only about current events, but also has the IQ level of a rock. "Dolt" may be the most sophisticated insult in the English language. Dolts commonly populate such stereotypes as jocks, nerds, fruits, bookworms, and dorks.
- vharuck 7y agoIt's probably intentional, because "git" is also an insult to imply somebody's dumb.
- dflock 7y agoTrue, but the name `git` came from the open source SCM tool, written by Linus for the Linux source code - and now everyone is sort of stuck with that name. This is a commercial product, deciding on a name for themselves.
- dflock 7y agoAlso, at least in British English, calling someone a git doesn't mean "dumb" it means "mean/nasty/malicious".
- zachmu 7y agoIt's paying homage to how git was named: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Naming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git#Naming
- dflock 7y agoTrue, but the name `git` came from the open source SCM tool, written by Linus for the Linux source code - and now everyone is sort of stuck with that name. This is a commercial product, deciding on a name for themselves.
- Someone 7y agoI was thinking of https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Do_It.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Do_It.txt (nice story about Tesler at Apple, by the way) and hence, reading it that way :-)