▲ 1404 ▼ Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz) submitted 3 years ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 227 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
[–] intelati@programming.dev 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) fannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring. "Fannie Mae" is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). "Freddie Mac" is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 years ago TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlowVoid@midwest.social 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring. "Fannie Mae" is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). "Freddie Mac" is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 years ago TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 years ago TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names. permalink fedilink source parent