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Oh pretty please, if we revive this protocol, can we please pick a better name? Like, any name? Literally anything else, that doesn’t evoke weirdly sexual image

by 9dev 4mo ago

Oh pretty please, if we revive this protocol, can we please pick a better name? Like, any name? Literally anything else, that doesn’t evoke weirdly sexual imagery?

unanonymousanon 4mo ago
Like fist?! Oh wait… Glove would work
- 9dev 4mo ago
  Like the protection metaphor there, glove would be great for TLS finger!
- Exoristos 4mo ago
  Fingercot.
- kyusan0 4mo ago
  A glove is for the whole hand though. How about thimble?
Bender 4mo ago
Well I thought about it and if it's a body part there will be someone into that. Then I thought maybe poke, nope some are into that too. I guess maybe "status" port? Kindof like having an away message. It could be a fixed buffer as to not overlflow. Of course that could be accomplished in DNS using TXT. Honestly I am too lazy to make an RFC. Maybe if enough people make a finger.domain.tld text record it would catch on. [1] dig +short -t txt finger.nochan.net "status: currently spending time on hacker news." or replace the finger binary with a shell function: [2] [1] - https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net [2] - https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Replacement-For-Finger/ https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Repl...
- 9dev 4mo ago
  Your point is valid, but how do you feel telling your wife today I fingered Alice, and guess what she was up to?
  - Bender 4mo ago
    Well that depends on the marriage. She might want to smell what Alice is up to.
sedatk 4mo ago
Wait until you hear about USB condoms.
- Bender 4mo ago
  In my electronics class in high school we learned to strip and do joints. We also learned the resister color codes via mnemonics. "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly, Get Some Now" Curious if they still teach that one. [1] Wikipedia says it is outdated / offensive but it was back then too. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_mnemonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_...
  - tardedmeme 4mo ago
    Black Boys, since the first mnemonic letter is for the color black. And we didn't have Get Some Now, that feels redundant since everyone knows gold is better than silver.
snthpy 4mo ago
radar? Since it's an active request response protocol.
jazzyjackson 4mo ago
the weird sexual imagery makes it fun and memorable

by 9dev 4mo ago

Oh pretty please, if we revive this protocol, can we please pick a better name? Like, any name? Literally anything else, that doesn’t evoke weirdly sexual imagery?

unanonymousanon 4mo ago

Like fist?! Oh wait… Glove would work

9dev 4mo ago
Like the protection metaphor there, glove would be great for TLS finger!
Exoristos 4mo ago
Fingercot.
kyusan0 4mo ago
A glove is for the whole hand though. How about thimble?

Bender 4mo ago

Well I thought about it and if it's a body part there will be someone into that. Then I thought maybe poke, nope some are into that too. I guess maybe "status" port? Kindof like having an away message. It could be a fixed buffer as to not overlflow. Of course that could be accomplished in DNS using TXT. Honestly I am too lazy to make an RFC. Maybe if enough people make a finger.domain.tld text record it would catch on. [1] dig +short -t txt finger.nochan.net "status: currently spending time on hacker news." or replace the finger binary with a shell function: [2] [1] - https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net https://www.whatsmydns.net/#TXT/finger.nochan.net [2] - https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Replacement-For-Finger/ https://blawg.nochan.net/b/Internet-Crap/20260527-DNS-A-Repl...

9dev 4mo ago
Your point is valid, but how do you feel telling your wife today I fingered Alice, and guess what she was up to?
- Bender 4mo ago
  Well that depends on the marriage. She might want to smell what Alice is up to.

sedatk 4mo ago

Wait until you hear about USB condoms.

Bender 4mo ago
In my electronics class in high school we learned to strip and do joints. We also learned the resister color codes via mnemonics. "Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly, Get Some Now" Curious if they still teach that one. [1] Wikipedia says it is outdated / offensive but it was back then too. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_mnemonics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_electronic_color_code_...
- tardedmeme 4mo ago
  Black Boys, since the first mnemonic letter is for the color black. And we didn't have Get Some Now, that feels redundant since everyone knows gold is better than silver.

snthpy 4mo ago

radar? Since it's an active request response protocol.

jazzyjackson 4mo ago

the weird sexual imagery makes it fun and memorable