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by lb504 2001 days ago
macOS ships with a command line program called "caffeinate" that disables the sleep function of the laptop. With this background knowledge I was immediately able to assume Amphetamine is a more powerful program that provides the same results. With this background in mind I find the name to be clever.
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frombody 2001 days ago
And if someone made yet an even more powerful program called cocaine, that would be okay too, because the name fits so well. right?
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lb504 2000 days ago
That's funny because Apple maintains Coca, which is the name of the plant source of Cocaine. The Coca plant is controlled/regulated by the DEA exactly like cocaine is. So by following Apple's example in Apple's ecosystem it is okay to name things directly after drugs.
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grzm 2000 days ago
Cocoa and coca are not the same.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_(API)

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