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https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe No way they did not know about that name collision as Ste

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe No way they did not know about that name collision as SteamPipe has been around since 2013-ish.

robertlagrant 4y ago
I'm about to blow your mind, then. https://www.sincocustoms.com/shop/product/209312/steampipe--straights/ https://www.sincocustoms.com/shop/product/209312/steampipe--...
- benbristow 4y ago
  I'm about to blow your mind, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson%27s_Rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson%27s_Rocket
  - masukomi 4y ago
    I'm about to blow your mind, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine
    - breck 4y ago
      Try dropping a few thousand years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile
jcims 4y ago
I've been around since 1973 and didn't know.
- deleted 4y ago
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isamuel 4y ago
Name collision researcher here! This made me curious and I started doing research on other problematic name collisions. Did you know that Valve’s game distribution service has a name that’s already widely used in the scientific community for the gaseous form of heated water? It looks like steam has been around for several centuries at least so Valve really ought to have known better. Anyway, if you’re interested, I’m putting together a long investigation on whether Microsoft’s flagship operating system is in collision with a very common term used in the construction and glass industry. Hope to have it done soon
- TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
  Both things called “steampipe” are cloud-based technology services. They even both involve a CDN. They're close enough to be confusing. The name of a gas isn't. This is silly.
- c0mptonFP 4y ago
  Try starting a technology company called Apple, and tell me how that works out for you. aCtUaLLy, aPpLes hAvE eXisTeD bEfoRe 1976

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamPipe No way they did not know about that name collision as SteamPipe has been around since 2013-ish.

robertlagrant 4y ago

I'm about to blow your mind, then. https://www.sincocustoms.com/shop/product/209312/steampipe--straights/ https://www.sincocustoms.com/shop/product/209312/steampipe--...

benbristow 4y ago
I'm about to blow your mind, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson%27s_Rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenson%27s_Rocket
- masukomi 4y ago
  I'm about to blow your mind, then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine
  - breck 4y ago
    Try dropping a few thousand years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile

jcims 4y ago

I've been around since 1973 and didn't know.

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isamuel 4y ago

Name collision researcher here! This made me curious and I started doing research on other problematic name collisions. Did you know that Valve’s game distribution service has a name that’s already widely used in the scientific community for the gaseous form of heated water? It looks like steam has been around for several centuries at least so Valve really ought to have known better. Anyway, if you’re interested, I’m putting together a long investigation on whether Microsoft’s flagship operating system is in collision with a very common term used in the construction and glass industry. Hope to have it done soon

TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
Both things called “steampipe” are cloud-based technology services. They even both involve a CDN. They're close enough to be confusing. The name of a gas isn't. This is silly.
c0mptonFP 4y ago
Try starting a technology company called Apple, and tell me how that works out for you. aCtUaLLy, aPpLes hAvE eXisTeD bEfoRe 1976