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Off topic, but I wonder if the authors of zero-to-nix.com are aware that their project name actually reads quite funny for German speakers (as "Nix" in German a

Off topic, but I wonder if the authors of zero-to-nix.com are aware that their project name actually reads quite funny for German speakers (as "Nix" in German also means Zero)

syrrim 4y ago
The pun also works in english, so I imagine they are.
maartenh 4y ago
The original author is Dutch. In Dutch, "niks" (same pronunciation as Nix), actually means "nothing". His nickname is niksnut, which means "good-for-nothing".
- scns 4y ago
  > His nickname is niksnut, which means "good-for-nothing". In german that would be Nichtsnutz. Would the english word deadbeat mean the same?
  - grhmc 4y ago
    Yep!
grhmc 4y ago
Indeed, "zero to nix" was our jokey "working name." We never actually came up with a better name, so here we are :).