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ddellacostayesterday at 5:17 PM1 replyview on HN

"It should almost never be the case that project names conflict"

My corollary to this is "You should never reach for a language you are not fluent in for a name. Especially, just stop it with using Japanese words to name stuff please ffs"


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SkyeCAyesterday at 5:52 PM

> You should never reach for a language you are not fluent in for a name

I agree, but that still doesn't stop funny name related issues between languages. One of my favourites was Pidora (a Fedora release for the RPI) which caused offence to some Russian speakers.

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