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Yggdrasil Network

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322 points BSDobelix | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 10:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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fred_is_fred ◴[16 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42156714[source]▶
I get why the name was used but if you start a project that you want to be heavily adopted, please pick a simpler name. The complexity of spelling or pronouncing this for most people creates an actual barrier to adoption. MP3 was easy to say and tell your friends about, Ogg Vorbis was not.
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opan ◴[16 Nov 24 15:05 UTC] No.42156783[source]▶
Ogg Vorbis seems very pronounceable to me, and without an obvious wrong way to say it, using an english language perspective.

Yggdrasil is a wild one, though, agreed. Better a unique name than another thing called Gemini or Atom or something, though.

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1. majoe ◴[16 Nov 24 17:05 UTC] No.42157448[source]▶
The English language has the habit of taking perfectly fine Latin words and pronounce them in the most unintuitive way.

Gemini is actually a good example, I rather take Yggdrasil.