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681 points NetOpWibby | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source

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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NetOpWibby ◴[] No.43073329[source]
"uchū" means "universe" in Japanese. I use this theme for all of my projects so...universal.

I can't speak to anything else but personally, I love Japan style/aesthetic/whatever so I'm gonna use a word if it fits.

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gamedever ◴[] No.43073494[source]
"uchu" translates closer to "space" (spaceship -> uchusen), (alien -> uchujin), "I want to go to outerspace" -> "uchi e ikitai".

You can't sub universe in those. Yes, a dictionary may use that translation, but watch a space documentary and they won't use "uchu" by itself for "universe".

Also, in English, "universal" and "universe" are clearly related, but in Japanese, the concept of "universal" has almost nothing in common with "uchu"

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NetOpWibby ◴[] No.43073958[source]
My apologies for not being fluent in the Japanese language.

I didn't look deeper than WordHippo[1] for translation.

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[1]: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/japanese-word-for-244f...

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ok_dad ◴[] No.43074918[source]
Then don't use words you don't understand fully? Seems stupid to me to use a whole culture as your "aesthetic".
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retropragma ◴[] No.43075118[source]
Lmao, HN will complain about anything. Leave the guy alone
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YurgenJurgensen ◴[] No.43077832{3}[source]
And yet, here you are, complaining about people complaining.
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1. MyOutfitIsVague ◴[] No.43081522{4}[source]
That's not at all incongruous. If I'm saying "You are complaining about something stupid", I am not necessarily criticizing the concept of complaining itself, which would be hypocritical.

I seriously hate this argument. "You are nit-picking", "and here you are nitpicking my nitpicking, interesting that we are on exactly equal ground now". It's a dumb turn-around that could be used to attempt to silence any criticism of any criticism.

Sometimes, a criticism or complaint is not valid or frivolous. Pointing that out is not inherently invalid or frivolous.

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2. xanderlewis ◴[] No.43120013[source]
In the same vein, it's annoyingly difficult to argue against accusations of being argumentative.