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Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by HenryKissinger on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:40AM (#27165120)
I don't like the trend of corporate names taking real names and repurposing them.

The first results of a Google search for "Amazon" are the company. Not the river.

The first results of a Google search for "Palantir" are the tech company. Not the fictional object from J.R.R. Tolkien's works it's inspired from.

And a Google search for "Rust" returns links to the programming language and the video game, before the chemical reaction.

Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by bschwindHN on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:45AM (#27165646)
I'm a bit disappointed you're not the real Henry Kissinger.
Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by senkora on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:32AM (#27166106)
But the Amazon rainforest is similarly named after the Amazon warriors from Greek mythology.
Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by smt88 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:52AM (#27165244)
It's not a trend. It's the way companies have always been named. Historically, many were named after people or places.

If you want to search for things that exist, just add a Wikipedia quick search to your browser

Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by sidpatil on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:44AM (#27165163)
I did a couple searches of my own too:

The first results of a Google search for "C" are the programming language. Not the letter.

The first results of a Google search for "Python" are the programming language. Not the snake.

Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by cjohnson318 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:50AM (#27165220)
Some of this might be your search bubble. If I had to wade through pages of snakes every time I Googled "python something", then I would go insane.
Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by tobz1000 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @09:51AM (#27165230)
This is why my first instinct when looking something up is to check Wikipedia, not a search engine: the original article will take precedence rather than the more popular thing.
Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by senkora on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:33AM (#27166121)
Or at least take you to a disambiguation page where both are listed.
Re:Oxide: The Essence of Rust (2020) by qzw on Saturday May 15, 2021 @10:02AM (#27165333)
I know a search engine that ranks pages the way you like. It's called AltaVista.