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This name is so overused that when I see it, I think I know the project in several different contexts. Choose another name… please.
by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
This name is so overused that when I see it, I think I know the project in several different contexts.
Choose another name… please.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThat ship has sailed a while ago. Gemini is already the established name, and doesn't clash with other names in its context.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoSorry to hear that; the project is simply ignored because of naming conflicts “oh, I know that already.” There’s precedent for renaming projects.
- Y_Y 5y agoOverloading names is frustrating. It's also disappointingly ubiquitous, and whether or not it's a problem depends strongly on your context and expectations. For example, the English dialect I learned growing up exclusively used "autumn" to refer to the season after summer and before winter. Every time I see a phrase like "we will complete this project after the fall" I end up parsing it as something like "after the fall [of civilization]" and have to manually correct. Presumably when people give something a name that has conflicts, they themselves don't see it that way. This makes it an especially difficult kind of problem, since you have to then argue that a) people like you (but unlike them) have a problem and b) this problem is worth caring about and maybe even c) this isn't going to happen all over again when the new solution is troublesome for some other group. I find that societal issues fitting this pattern are a real sticky wicket generally.