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Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools

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330 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.569s | source
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wpollock ◴[11 Dec 25 18:50 UTC] No.46235391[source]▶
If you didn't already know, what do you think a tool called "emacs" does?
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1. d3Xt3r ◴[11 Dec 25 19:01 UTC] No.46235570[source]▶
An emergency bootable/rescue tool for Macs!
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2. Izkata ◴[11 Dec 25 19:36 UTC] No.46236095[source]▶
"Mac OS through email" was what popped into my mind. No idea how that would work.