News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ergo IRC Server.

Re:Ergo IRC Server by volkk on Sunday September 12, 2021 @07:51PM (#28506287)
Probably no relation at all to https://ergodex.io/ but was just reading today about it for the first time ever and this popped up on HN frontpage with a similar name
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ergo IRC Server by guerrilla on Sunday September 12, 2021 @08:27PM (#28506537)
Ergo just means "therefore" in Latin.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ergo IRC Server by davuinci on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:59AM (#28510375)
In greek, the word "ergo" means "work". As a Greek myself, it seems like this etymology is much more common and used.

Similarly, when we say that something is ergonomic, it derives from "ergo" + "nomic" which means distribution of work. Distribution of work typically minimizes fatigue and that's also the meaning when we are talking about ergonomic chairs, keyboards, etc.

[ Parent | on HN ]