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Seems that names for projects follow the same rule as troll names in the japanese light novel Overlord. Short names, like "Gru" were reserved for the most powe
by Tade0 4y ago
Seems that names for projects follow the same rule as troll names in the japanese light novel Overlord.
Short names, like "Gru" were reserved for the most powerful trolls because there were only so many combinations of three letters. Long names on the other hand were a sign of weakness and cowardice - bringing ridicule to those who introduced themselves like that.
- HPsquared 4y agoSed and awk kind of sound like high-level troll names.
- hulitu 4y agoAwk, i underestand (Aho, We...) but sed ? Stream editor ?
- smsm42 4y agoYes.
- koolba 4y agoBoth of which cower in fear when vi strolls by.
- JosephGuerra 4y agoBill, Bert, Tom, Sed and Awk. It kind of works.
- davidkunz 4y agoAn indicator of the dangers of C.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoBack when a C functions and variables could only be 8 chars long[1], mid-to-high-level trolls lurk at every line. [1]: or rather, if they were longer, the first 8 had to be unique.
- OrangeMonkey 4y agoI was literally - minutes ago - watching Overlord then saw this message just now. Small world sometimes. Rich world building that it can be referenced easily.
- Tade0 4y agoI hesitated to mention it because of the stigma associated with weebetry, but I'm glad I did. After all hackers were always - by and large - weebs, with their fascination with martial arts and Japanese culture.
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- bombcar 4y agoIf you are going up against Gothmark, Destroyer of Worlds you might have a chance. But if everyone calls the big bad Dennis you’re pretty much doomed.