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What the hell is "mumbo jumbo"? I hate it when people use words I don't understand and why should I have to lookup words I don't understand when people could j

What the hell is "mumbo jumbo"? I hate it when people use words I don't understand and why should I have to lookup words I don't understand when people could just stop using those words?! I swear the world is against me.

argiopetech 3y ago
"Mumbo jumbo" has been common English parlance since the 18th century. "Code forge" doesn't have a dictionary definition, may or may be the same thing as a "software forge", and probably should be defined on the product page. A forum full of hackers might be the place to ask such a question. Just because we remember SourceForge doesn't mean the abstracted term is clear.
- segfaltnh 3y ago
  Is there another obvious term for this? I didn't know what it meant but now that I've learned I find it a valuable generic term for this class of thing.
  - sdf4j 3y ago
    code hosting
    - FrenchyJiby 3y ago
      answer to which the standard response that _led_ to "code forge" being a word, is: ok but what about all the stuff that isn't just "git on the network"? Pull requests, basic tickets, eventually some of the CI... Or framed differently: "What category of software would you describe Github as?" For all of this, the answer the community came together to find is ... Code Forge. One extra resource on it: ForgeFed[1], which describes itself as: > ForgeFed is a federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle and ecosystem. This includes repository hosting websites, issue trackers, code review applications, and more. ForgeFed provides a common substrate for people to create interoperable code collaboration websites and applications. [1]: https://forgefed.org/ https://forgefed.org/
- Brian_K_White 3y ago
  They didn't ask a forum full of hackers, or google, or anyone. They just complained about something utterly silly, even if they had never heard the term and even if they failed to get it just from context. Perhaps I'm inhumanly and unreasonably genius, but somehow I've heard it before, and the first time I heard it, I understood it even though I'd never seen it before. It's the kind of goofy term I wouldn't use myself, but I had no problem understanding it. I mean, for context, I'm an idiot who wastes time arguing on HN. I fail basic smart guy just for that.

argiopetech 3y ago

"Mumbo jumbo" has been common English parlance since the 18th century. "Code forge" doesn't have a dictionary definition, may or may be the same thing as a "software forge", and probably should be defined on the product page. A forum full of hackers might be the place to ask such a question. Just because we remember SourceForge doesn't mean the abstracted term is clear.

segfaltnh 3y ago
Is there another obvious term for this? I didn't know what it meant but now that I've learned I find it a valuable generic term for this class of thing.
- sdf4j 3y ago
  code hosting
  - FrenchyJiby 3y ago
    answer to which the standard response that _led_ to "code forge" being a word, is: ok but what about all the stuff that isn't just "git on the network"? Pull requests, basic tickets, eventually some of the CI... Or framed differently: "What category of software would you describe Github as?" For all of this, the answer the community came together to find is ... Code Forge. One extra resource on it: ForgeFed[1], which describes itself as: > ForgeFed is a federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle and ecosystem. This includes repository hosting websites, issue trackers, code review applications, and more. ForgeFed provides a common substrate for people to create interoperable code collaboration websites and applications. [1]: https://forgefed.org/ https://forgefed.org/
Brian_K_White 3y ago
They didn't ask a forum full of hackers, or google, or anyone. They just complained about something utterly silly, even if they had never heard the term and even if they failed to get it just from context. Perhaps I'm inhumanly and unreasonably genius, but somehow I've heard it before, and the first time I heard it, I understood it even though I'd never seen it before. It's the kind of goofy term I wouldn't use myself, but I had no problem understanding it. I mean, for context, I'm an idiot who wastes time arguing on HN. I fail basic smart guy just for that.