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To me Mistral is a cheap kitchen appliance brand so I looked it up. There’s a lot of brands named Mistral. Soap, windsurfing, apparel, alcohol, footwear, to n
by Waterluvian 3y ago
To me Mistral is a cheap kitchen appliance brand so I looked it up. There’s a lot of brands named Mistral. Soap, windsurfing, apparel, alcohol, footwear, to name the first half of the first page of Google results. We can add AI to the pile. :)
I’m not sure I understand the motivation behind picking a well-used name. Is there some strategic advantage to this?
- dist-epoch 3y agoOr maybe name just doesn't matter (as long as it's not mega-awful). Is "Hugging Face" a better name? Sounds like something from the Alien movie.
- whizzter 3y agoThe word comes from a strong wind in the Rhine valley and the south of France so I guess the usage hearkens back to that.