After the sun sets it comes up the next morning, so saying someone is "sunsetting" something would be more of a long reboot than getting rid of the thing or shutting it down.

Why is this term used?

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[–] 15 points 1 day ago

It's a common term because (almost) all humans understand how the sun works.

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