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681 points NetOpWibby | 12 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom

Hey everyone,

About a year ago I embarked on creating a color scheme for a project and I loved it so much I began using it for everything. I decided to make an official repo for it to share with the world.

Anyhoo, hope y'all enjoy it.

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xanderlewis ◴[] No.43073231[source]
Is there any reason to use the word uchu? It seems like almost everything (colour schemes, AI models, startups, tools, apps, ...) is named using a single randomly-selected Japanese word these days. But... why?
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1. xanderlewis ◴[] No.43073269[source]
Sorry to be negative, but it does seem kind of overdone now.

Funnily enough in Japan the same thing happens with seemingly randomly-selected English words, so I suppose it's not completely without precedent.

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2. Fnoord ◴[] No.43073375[source]
The Chinese (on e.g. AliExpress) do this, too. With... mixed results. Small typo's, for example. Intentional (NOKlA) or not. Or, case in point: "NICGIGA is a technology enterprise focusing on communication network products. We have a perfect R&D team and Reliability laboratory."
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3. gwervc ◴[] No.43073589[source]
There is too much products or brands using a single English word being released too.
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4. efilife ◴[] No.43074019[source]
There are too many people who seemingly forgot that the word "are" exists
5. skrebbel ◴[] No.43076862[source]
> Intentional (NOKlA)

I'm not sure what your point is exactly, but fwiw, Nokia is the name of the Finnish town from which the Nokia company originates. They used to make rubber products such as rubber boots. I once had a bike with Nokia branded inner tyres (same logo, just without the "Connecting People" payoff). There's absolutely nothing Japanese about the word "Nokia", except maybe in the eye (ear?) of the beholder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia,_Finland

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6. grardb ◴[] No.43077285{3}[source]
GP is referring to "NOKLA" phones[1][2]. The "L" is intentionally lower-cased to make it look like a capital "I."

[1] https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-01-keepin-it-real-fake-part...

[2] https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nokla-mobile-phone.html

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7. d1sxeyes ◴[] No.43077525{3}[source]
I suspect rather [Nokian tyres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres), rather than Nokia.

Either way, yes, Nokia is for sure a Finnish word, not a Japanese one, but the confusion has been around [for more than quarter of a decade](https://www.wired.com/1999/09/nokia/#:~:text=A%20surprising,...)

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8. Pinus ◴[] No.43078720{4}[source]
I definitely had Nokia wellies in the mid eighties. I think the boots-and-tyres brand name changed from Nokia to Nokian around 1990-ish.
9. skrebbel ◴[] No.43080394{4}[source]
Oh wow I had totally missed that. Nasty!
10. skrebbel ◴[] No.43080425{4}[source]
Yes but this once was the same company.

Eg this image from your Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokian_Tyres#/media/File:Nokia... even has the same logo/font as Nokia used to have on their phones (except rendered here as an outline).

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11. d1sxeyes ◴[] No.43081769{5}[source]
Huh! My apologies, you are absolutely right.
12. snapplebobapple ◴[] No.43102984{3}[source]
That was informative. I always thought it was a company founded on the principle of expressing disdain for a certain korean auto manufacturer.......