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why is it called nix? unix without u (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I have no idea what the actual reason is, I am just responding to the German language aspect.

In Dutch the word "niks" means nothing.

If Mr. Dolstra used a "nothing" reference, wouldn't it make more sense that the Dutch person referenced the Dutch word "niks", which is pronounced exactly the same way as Nix?

As far as conjecture goes this is far more plausible than a Dutch guy picking a German word "nichts" that resembles the pronunciation of the word/name Nix.

And for some reason Hollywood has engrained on society the notion that the Dutch natively speak German. Some of them learn it, but it is not their native language.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

@haroldfinch
I thought it wad because of the latin word for snow, hence the logo.
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The logo is a circle of lambdas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@KurtVonnegut
Yes, in the shape of a snow flake.

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