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It's worth knowing that the name you chose for something is used in something (midly) related - being aware let's you disambiguate if/when the need arises. I wa
by gota 5y ago
It's worth knowing that the name you chose for something is used in something (midly) related - being aware let's you disambiguate if/when the need arises. I was not suggesting a name change.
That said - please don't turn HN into reddit. Joke chains detract and distract from the topic
- analognoise 5y agoI consider it meta commentary at some point - nobody can show off anything without hearing of unrelated, obscure projects. I was hoping the sarcasm would lead to some larger discussion of naming collisions. The sarcasm was to simply point out that this name already has a tremendous naming collision, with a farming implement we've been using for thousands of years - you can't get any more ridiculous than that. I think when it comes to naming collisions, we should call a spade a spade, after all...