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With a name like 'lox' you'd think the banner image would be Pisces. Cool project though, I will definitely be playing around with this.

• goku12 2y ago
  Pardon my ignorance, but how does lox relate to Pisces? I don't get the connection with cancer either, but the first thing that comes to mind on hearing Lox is liquid oxygen as it is used in rockets. So it's a connection between Rust language and astrodynamics. Is there something that makes Pisces more appropriate for this?
  • porcoda 2y ago
    I assume they’re making a reference to Lox the food (brined Salmon), so a fish is appropriate.
    • goku12 2y ago
      Oh! This is the first time I'm hearing about it. That definitely looks like a missed opportunity.
    • jimswhims 2y ago
      Think it comes from the german word for salmon, "Lachs", or at least an earlier version of the word.
      • miramba 2y ago
        I learned about „lox“ in NYC, a native told me it comes from jiddish, which is kind of a german dialect.
      • unwind 2y ago
        Swedish is even closer, there it's "lax" [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax
  • Jorge1o1 2y ago
    Sibling comment mentioned the connection between lox and Pisces, but the connection to Cancer is that the mascot for Rust is a crab.
    • goku12 2y ago
      True! That's an embarrassing thing to forget, given that Rust is my primary programming language.
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• MisterTea 2y ago
  > With a name like 'lox' you'd think the banner image would be Pisces. It's written in Rust so it's all about the language instead of the mission.
  • helgee 2y ago
    Nah, not really. I sometimes wish that this was all about Rust but as of now the library is mostly being used through the Python wrapper.