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Apparently a simplex is a concept in geometry. I'm guessing this is the intended meaning of the term in the name. When most decently well informed, native speak
by globnomulous 2y ago
Apparently a simplex is a concept in geometry. I'm guessing this is the intended meaning of the term in the name. When most decently well informed, native speakers of English hear "simplex," though, they are likely to hear "herpes simplex" and so are likely to wonder, as I did, whether, or why, the program is named after a sexually transmitted disease.
- internet_points 2y agoI for one did not make that connection. Only thing I thought of was https://simplex.chat/ https://simplex.chat/ (which is fortunately not marketed as a dating app)
- gashmol 2y agoI thought it's related to the simplex method in linear programming
- TeMPOraL 2y agoWhich IIRC is named for that geometry thingie GP mentioned, that this method uses to represent the problem, with the solutions being vertices/edges of the thingie.
- globnomulous 2y agoInteresting, TIL herpes is top of mind for me, but not for most of HN.
- IanCal 2y agoI would never have made that link.
- TypingOutBugs 2y agoIf you gave me the chance to come up with 500 things related to simplex, herpes would not be there.