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by generalizations 2002 days ago
It reeks of marketing, which is antithetical to the hacker spirit?
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notretarded 2002 days ago
Good.. Instantly recognisable name for e-peen augmentation, enters lexicon of general public easily, media outlets can spam it easier, vendors hand forced to fix promptly.

This is hardly a bad thing.

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Talanes 2001 days ago
If it's antithetical, why do open source projects tend to have cute little mascots?
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