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normie3000today at 3:04 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Jitsi - their biggest offense in my book is their name, which is hard to say is or is not really offensive.

And who can't remember not using a video conference app that didn't have an inoffensive name?

If "jitsi" is offensive, who to? If not, which video conferencing app names are?


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aorthtoday at 5:03 AM

It comes from жици in Bulgarian, which means "wires".

I think the author should remove that part of the blog post because it detracts from the author's point and is even a bit embarrassing that they hadn't looked it up.

A reference for the name: https://desktop.jitsi.org/Documentation/FAQ.html#spelling

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titanomachytoday at 3:36 AM

Sounds kind of like “Gypsy”, I guess.

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