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358 points timsehn | 1 comments | 30 Mar 20 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

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timdorr ◴[31 Mar 20 01:11 UTC] No.22734024[source]▶

>>22731928 (OP) #

Any reason or history behind the name? It means "a stupid person", which seems like a bad choice IMHO: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolt

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1. timsehn ◴[31 Mar 20 02:28 UTC] No.22734423[source]▶

>>22734024 #

You are correct. It is an homage to Git. We needed a word that meant "idiot" or similar, that started with D for data that was short enough to type on the command line.

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Dolt is Git for data