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I love that “CrowdStrike” is now a synonym for “global outage”. Not some cute hihi name like “heartbleed”, just the name of the company that did the screwup. Se

I love that “CrowdStrike” is now a synonym for “global outage”. Not some cute hihi name like “heartbleed”, just the name of the company that did the screwup. Seems fair.

jraph 2y ago
Not sure it's fair, but I am certainly waiting for it to become a verb or a noun. crowdstrike. n. 1. A set of major disruptions caused by an update that was not tested enough, pushed to many devices across the globe. 2. The name of such an update. 3. (by extension) a joke so bad it causes major disruptions. For instance: - Congrats for your crowdstrike! Now my weekend is ruined as I'll be the one who'll be asked to fix this mess. crowdstrike. v. (simple past crowdstruck or crowdstriked¹, past participle crowdstricken, or crowdstruck, or (obsolete, regionalism) crowdstroke²) 1. Action of pushing an update to many devices that causes a global outage or major disruptions in various sectors. For instance: - We've been crowdstruck. Again. crowdstrike. adj. 1. Qualifies an update that, when pushed to many devices across the world, causes major disruptions across the globe. 2. Qualifies such a (set of) event(s). For instance: - We are sorry for the crowdstrike event we caused. We gently remind our kind customers and their end users that per our ToS, we will issue no refund, and that no liability can be held against us. Customers who don't try to contact us in the following month will get a discount for their next contract renewal. You will hear us speak before the Congress, who nicely invited us for some comedy in the hope it will appease you all. Make sure you like the related videos on the various online platforms. We wish you a nice end of the week and nice, relaxing summer holidays. ¹ people have differing but strong opinions on which simple past form is correct, mainly due to regional differences. Some avoid saying crowdstrike and say crowdhit instead. ² some people have tried to push crowdstricken, which first caught on in some areas or particular contexts. The idea that this form likens the qualified subject to the bearer of some sickness has eventually seduced a critical mass of people after some initial push back. Please also see the usage notes for strike for other, rarer, alternative forms [*]. [*] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strike#Usage%20notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strike#Usage%20notes (Thanks to the contributors in this thread)
- skrebbel 2y ago
  “The intern crowdstruck half the customers”
  - jraph 2y ago
    Exactly, by the way I added the irregular inflections and fixed the example for the verb. Thanks for your contribution.
    - LeifCarrotson 2y ago
      I disagree, I think that the simple past should be "crowdstruck" but the participle should be "crowdstricken", as might apply to someone afflicted by an illness: "The update wasn't tested, so the servers are all crowdstricken."
      - jraph 2y ago
        Thanks, I added the documentation for this form, and added a second usage note. I initially wanted to tease you by documenting that people with bad taste tried to push for this form, but I really like this illness idea.
- arrakeen 2y ago
  since nothing will happen to them except a slap on the wrist, and all our employers will continue to force this crapware on our machines, i think we should make a point to start using their name as a pejorative (similar to the 'santorum' neologism). any when they inevitably try to rebrand, use that term too
  - chasd00 2y ago
    > since nothing will happen to them except a slap on the wrist I've already bought some of their stock, i'm pretty sure it's bottomed. I bet i make 30% a year from now. This always happens some "ohnoes!" event cuts a stock price off at the knees but then everyone forgets and in a year or so it's back to where it was before the event.
stana 2y ago
Rebranding project coming up at CrowdStrike?
- jraph 2y ago
  That would be a shame, the name is so fitting, more than ever! They struck a very big crowd real bad.
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aragonite 2y ago
Does anyone know (or have any guesses as to) why the founder(s) named it "CrowdStrike"? What was (or might have been) the idea behind the name? I'm guessing it's not patterned after "crowdfunding" "crowdsourcing" "crowdlending", etc.
- latentsea 2y ago
  It's part of a trend where companies name themselves after a self-describing disaster they're going to cause. Oceangate also did this. New investing strategy is to look for companies whose name also fits this pattern but who have not yet caused the disaster and short the stock.
Hemospectrum 2y ago
The cute name was Blue Friday, but it doesn't seem to have caught on.

I love that “CrowdStrike” is now a synonym for “global outage”. Not some cute hihi name like “heartbleed”, just the name of the company that did the screwup. Seems fair.

jraph 2y ago

Not sure it's fair, but I am certainly waiting for it to become a verb or a noun. crowdstrike. n. 1. A set of major disruptions caused by an update that was not tested enough, pushed to many devices across the globe. 2. The name of such an update. 3. (by extension) a joke so bad it causes major disruptions. For instance: - Congrats for your crowdstrike! Now my weekend is ruined as I'll be the one who'll be asked to fix this mess. crowdstrike. v. (simple past crowdstruck or crowdstriked¹, past participle crowdstricken, or crowdstruck, or (obsolete, regionalism) crowdstroke²) 1. Action of pushing an update to many devices that causes a global outage or major disruptions in various sectors. For instance: - We've been crowdstruck. Again. crowdstrike. adj. 1. Qualifies an update that, when pushed to many devices across the world, causes major disruptions across the globe. 2. Qualifies such a (set of) event(s). For instance: - We are sorry for the crowdstrike event we caused. We gently remind our kind customers and their end users that per our ToS, we will issue no refund, and that no liability can be held against us. Customers who don't try to contact us in the following month will get a discount for their next contract renewal. You will hear us speak before the Congress, who nicely invited us for some comedy in the hope it will appease you all. Make sure you like the related videos on the various online platforms. We wish you a nice end of the week and nice, relaxing summer holidays. ¹ people have differing but strong opinions on which simple past form is correct, mainly due to regional differences. Some avoid saying crowdstrike and say crowdhit instead. ² some people have tried to push crowdstricken, which first caught on in some areas or particular contexts. The idea that this form likens the qualified subject to the bearer of some sickness has eventually seduced a critical mass of people after some initial push back. Please also see the usage notes for strike for other, rarer, alternative forms [*]. [*] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strike#Usage%20notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strike#Usage%20notes (Thanks to the contributors in this thread)

skrebbel 2y ago
“The intern crowdstruck half the customers”
- jraph 2y ago
  Exactly, by the way I added the irregular inflections and fixed the example for the verb. Thanks for your contribution.
  - LeifCarrotson 2y ago
    I disagree, I think that the simple past should be "crowdstruck" but the participle should be "crowdstricken", as might apply to someone afflicted by an illness: "The update wasn't tested, so the servers are all crowdstricken."
    - jraph 2y ago
      Thanks, I added the documentation for this form, and added a second usage note. I initially wanted to tease you by documenting that people with bad taste tried to push for this form, but I really like this illness idea.
arrakeen 2y ago
since nothing will happen to them except a slap on the wrist, and all our employers will continue to force this crapware on our machines, i think we should make a point to start using their name as a pejorative (similar to the 'santorum' neologism). any when they inevitably try to rebrand, use that term too
- chasd00 2y ago
  > since nothing will happen to them except a slap on the wrist I've already bought some of their stock, i'm pretty sure it's bottomed. I bet i make 30% a year from now. This always happens some "ohnoes!" event cuts a stock price off at the knees but then everyone forgets and in a year or so it's back to where it was before the event.

stana 2y ago

Rebranding project coming up at CrowdStrike?

jraph 2y ago
That would be a shame, the name is so fitting, more than ever! They struck a very big crowd real bad.

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aragonite 2y ago

Does anyone know (or have any guesses as to) why the founder(s) named it "CrowdStrike"? What was (or might have been) the idea behind the name? I'm guessing it's not patterned after "crowdfunding" "crowdsourcing" "crowdlending", etc.

latentsea 2y ago
It's part of a trend where companies name themselves after a self-describing disaster they're going to cause. Oceangate also did this. New investing strategy is to look for companies whose name also fits this pattern but who have not yet caused the disaster and short the stock.

Hemospectrum 2y ago

The cute name was Blue Friday, but it doesn't seem to have caught on.