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My point is, I don’t recall seeing any tech product named “John”. We shouldn’t be using first names for random products regardless of gender. People somehow ass
by dsnr 4y ago
My point is, I don’t recall seeing any tech product named “John”. We shouldn’t be using first names for random products regardless of gender. People somehow assume that female first names are somehow better suited as names for some software product, than male names.
It’s new in the sense that I keep noticing them more often lately.
- sritchie 4y agoHaskell, Erlang, Pascal… Maria is a reference to Maria Montessori, whose educational philosophy inspired Maria.cloud.
- dsnr 4y ago> Haskell, Erlang, Pascal Those are family names, correct me if I’m wrong.
- tosh 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry
- andsoitis 4y agoHaskell and Erlang perhaps, but Pascal is both. But I think the larger point, that male names are only rarely used, stands.
- o_pax 4y agoYou're wrong. Haskell is named after Haskell Brooks Curry. There might be an opportunity for a new functional language named Brooks.
- dsnr 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_(surname) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_(surname)
- weatherlight 4y agohttps://www.houseofnames.com/maria-family-crest/Italian#:~:text=Early%20Origins%20of%20the%20Maria,different%20parts%20of%20the%20peninsula https://www.houseofnames.com/maria-family-crest/Italian#:~:t.... Maria is also a surname, what's your point?
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- mathnode 4y agoJohn the Ripper! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Ripper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Ripper