Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla...
by fredley on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:21AM
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Especially for a publishing platform. It's almost like you're trying to attract the very worst kind of online commentary.
Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla...
by egwynn on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:21AM
(#18681383)
When it first entered English from Latin, the word meant ‘glass’ (https://www.etymonline.com/word/vitriol#etymonline_v_7846). But that’s not a sense any modern English speaker could be expected to recognize.
Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla...
by toufiqbarhamov on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:25AM
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They might make the connection with “Vitrification” if they’re inclined in that direction. They might realize that Vitr- is a common root, and might even guess what it is.
Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla...
by egwynn on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:14PM
(#18682463)
Yeah, though it’s a stretch all the same. I’m not sure what the intention here is. The name is either a joke, just plain bad, or etymologically overoptimistic.
Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla...
by conistonwater on Friday December 14, 2018 @12:41PM
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There is vitrine in French, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vitrine#French, and it means a glass display cabinet in English, although I've never heard anybody use that word.
Really strange name choice.