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oh you nerds. HN doesn't even let me post the alternative names as the post gets autodeleted. so some names are really, really bad - but hey, let's offend peop

oh you nerds. HN doesn't even let me post the alternative names as the post gets autodeleted. so some names are really, really bad - but hey, let's offend people for fun. as if the whole sexism debate wasn't enough. as to why it is more offensive than genghis khan, i guess it needs to be explained to the ignorant neckbeard crowd: there are enough people still alive today that suffered due this mass murderer. if even russia does not use his name for say naming an aircraft carrier (as opposed to g.w.bush) you should know it is bad. this name was picked on purpose, to offend. not a common name, as some other ignorant shits in here have claimed.

Semiapies 12y ago
It's geek sociopathy at its finest. Or maybe that's the "Oh, come on, stop talking about the deliberately chosen name that could have been anything else and talk about the technical details!" attitude. It's especially farcical given that without the name and the resulting offended people, butthurt Russians, and random assholes yammering about "political correctness", this post would have probably never made the front page.
elementai 12y ago
The name is a joke, from wikipedia, "Stalin brutally optimizes". Very much true. You know, it would be quite an undertaking to find russian tech guys offended by this name. And I've also found https://github.com/n4kz/stalin.js https://github.com/n4kz/stalin.js by a russian guy - Joseph Stalin => stalin.js - Badass mustache compiler
- pinaceae 12y ago
  russians not offended is one thing, you'll find more people offended by it in the surrounding ex-colonies. just like the people most offended by nazi glorification do not live in germany. just like people offended by war japan glorification do not live in japan. just like people offended by confederate glorification are not white. sexism, not male, etc etc etc. is it that hard of a concept? empathy towards others?

Semiapies 12y ago

It's geek sociopathy at its finest. Or maybe that's the "Oh, come on, stop talking about the deliberately chosen name that could have been anything else and talk about the technical details!" attitude. It's especially farcical given that without the name and the resulting offended people, butthurt Russians, and random assholes yammering about "political correctness", this post would have probably never made the front page.

elementai 12y ago

The name is a joke, from wikipedia, "Stalin brutally optimizes". Very much true. You know, it would be quite an undertaking to find russian tech guys offended by this name. And I've also found https://github.com/n4kz/stalin.js https://github.com/n4kz/stalin.js by a russian guy - Joseph Stalin => stalin.js - Badass mustache compiler

pinaceae 12y ago
russians not offended is one thing, you'll find more people offended by it in the surrounding ex-colonies. just like the people most offended by nazi glorification do not live in germany. just like people offended by war japan glorification do not live in japan. just like people offended by confederate glorification are not white. sexism, not male, etc etc etc. is it that hard of a concept? empathy towards others?