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Is that the modern reference to octopus or the legendary reference to the mythic kraken sea creature?
by alexhawket 15y ago
Is that the modern reference to octopus or the legendary reference to the mythic kraken sea creature?
- ordinary 15y agoThe German word for octopus is indeed "Kraken", and looking at the pictures in the article linked by the GP, I'd bet on the former, rather than the latter.
- loup-vaillant 15y agoThere's a cultural connotation to the octopus: its tentacles reach everywhere. So, a likely translation for "Datenkrake" would be something like "data umbrella". We could also try "Big Data", in reference to "Big Pharma".
- access_denied 15y agore cultural connotation: a Krake is also a type of a monster, that is somebody who intents evil.