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		ezconnect 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmers and software developers lost the plot ... The problem with current naming is it now using common names like coffee and it's hard to search for them or relate to them. At least the old Unix naming are kinda unique and sometimes means something. Unlike today.

ozyschmozy 5 days ago [–]

Yep. Cat, find, git, date, gimp, gnu. All very distinctive, easy to search for

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