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Re:Show HN: Vitriol – distributed, serverless publishing pla... by toufiqbarhamov on Friday December 14, 2018 @10:25AM (#18681412)
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.
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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.
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