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Re:The Eclipse Foundation Is Moving to Europe by michaelfeathers on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:29PM (#23169316)
Another fun one.. Selenium was given its name because that element is used to treat mercury poisoning. (Mercury was a testing tool of that time).
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Re:The Eclipse Foundation Is Moving to Europe by rodgerd on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:57PM (#23170380)
Parts of OpenStack were named after the biggest logging company in the Amazon, which seems... less amusing.
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