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rvogler
1y ago
where I'm from it's pronounced like "Ärger" ... which is quite apt. cause that what you get when you use it.
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rvogler
1y ago
I heard cash-ee and cage. Of course, it is cash like cache is king.
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rvogler
1y ago
Kernel is actually pronounced Colonel btw.
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rvogler
1y ago
or Postgre-S-Q-L instead of Postgres-Q-L
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rvogler
1y ago
Well, first of all LaTeX is derived from TeX. And the X isn't an x but the Greek letter X whose pronunciation seems to depend on Greek epoch and also geographic preferences. The final say would have Donald Knuth. I think he said it
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rvogler
1y ago
i think the analogy holds because there is also an established idea of software developers being passionate about what they do and hence create and maintain open source projects for free. never thought about it but music/musician <&
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rvogler
2y ago
"There’s a reason behind why I say this. Over time, you develop a reliance on [search engines]. This is to the point where is [sic!] starts to become hard for you to work without one."
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rvogler
2y ago
i have always been wondering if the added up velocities of a series of rotating sub-systems has a relativistic effect that impacts what we observe and measure. the moon is rotating itself, around the earth, which is rotating around the sun,