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[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 56 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

Are you suggesting there is something wrong with any of these names:

  • gimp
  • finger
  • john the ripper
  • libcaca
  • toilet
  • fsck
[–] db2@lemmy.world 32 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

man

every Command Line Interface Tool

(not Linux but there are special printers for clothing called DTF's )

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 hour ago

Don't forget fuck

[–] Una@europe.pub 9 points 1 hour ago

I like how developers are not shying away from possibility of them having foot fetish (foot terminal, gnome logo being a foot)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 45 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

KDE's tool to configure an IntelliPoint™ device.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

Its called a cat-tongue. Everyone that refers to it as anything else is wrong

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 40 minutes ago

The kernel library for integrating telecommunications operations and their requirements into the system? I think there was a patch for that in my update manager last week.

(With thanks to Red Dwarf for providing a template for this one.)

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 45 minutes ago

Can't find the app guys. Where is it? Bruh. Help me someone, my girlfriend is coming home and I don't want to get mocked for the same thing two days in a row.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 hour ago
[–] pewpew@feddit.it 1 points 11 minutes ago

I can never find that program...

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

does anyone have the repo? I can't find it

[–] WoodYouLookAtThat@lemmy.today 1 points 14 minutes ago

Inquiring minds must know

[–] yuri@pawb.social 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

i think PCSX2 is the maddest i’ve ever been over a name. i’ve been using it for YEARS and have to double check the spelling every single time i type it.

[–] kirisamemarisa@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

seems easy to remember for me

[–] yuri@pawb.social 4 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago) (2 children)
[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 4 points 40 minutes ago (2 children)

Yeah, its a fun one, but it does have a logical reason.

PSX was the codename for the PS1, and what the internet community latched on to, especially after the PS2 came out and there needed to be clarity on which they were referring to.

One of the early PSX PC emulators decided to name themselves PCSX as an amalgamation of PC and PSX.

PCSX2's team wanted to make a PS2 emulator on par with/inspired by (and maybe forked off of?) the PS1 emulator and decided to continue the naming convention.

And now we have the dislexia-unfriendly PCSX2 name.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 28 minutes ago

Then it should PCPSX or PSXPC, but the PCSX trips me up so hard. I hate it so much

[–] yuri@pawb.social 1 points 39 minutes ago

ah dammit, that’s actually compelling reasoning! lmao

[–] kirisamemarisa@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 46 minutes ago
[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 hour ago