@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoGotta stab a new drive into computerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1775
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink30•1 year agoMental outlaw said that and it just stayed in my head ever since. Just like /etc is ‘etsy’.
minus-squareRob T FireflylinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThough I know it means “et cetera” when reading my brain has always “heard” that word - whether in the context of the word “etc.” or the computing /etc - as pronounced “ettick.” As in, “you need to edit your ettick f-stab file.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoSQL has always been Skull in my head. I think it is because I hated it when in college and associated it with dying inside.
Mental outlaw said that and it just stayed in my head ever since. Just like /etc is ‘etsy’.
Though I know it means “et cetera” when reading my brain has always “heard” that word - whether in the context of the word “etc.” or the computing /etc - as pronounced “ettick.” As in, “you need to edit your ettick f-stab file.”
How else would you say /etc ?
E-T-C
Echo Tango Charlie
et cetera
Or SQL is Squeal
Not sequel?
SQL has always been Skull in my head. I think it is because I hated it when in college and associated it with dying inside.
https://xkcd.com/1989/
Sacrilege!
No squeal