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Re:The Minecraft Institvte of Technology by username3 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:15PM (#24392876)
Why v in institute?
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Re:The Minecraft Institvte of Technology by objclxt on Sunday September 06, 2020 @01:23PM (#24392934)
It’s how “Institute” is inscribed above the main campus buildings of MIT in Cambridge, it’s done in a neo-classical Roman style where “U” is replaced by “V”.

Basically it’s an MIT in-joke / reference.

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