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Not talking about the people themselves just how awesome some names are. My favorites is Stephan Wolfram and Matt Goldbolt!

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[-] pelya@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Browse Linux credits for some funky names. My favorite is Jos Vos.

[-] folekaule@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago

Throwing one in for Niklaus Wirth because he said:

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 8 hours ago

Lol, as an American in my head I initially pronounced it worth

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Amazing quote!

Probably the closest way to pronounce the name as an American would be "Virt", with "i" pronounced as in "will".

[-] DivineDev@piefed.social 29 points 10 hours ago

Honorable mention: German Hacker, who is, sadly, a politician.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 13 points 10 hours ago

Is he or is it just social engineering to get enough votes so he can get into the system?

[-] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 hours ago
[-] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 10 hours ago

Thinking of it, politician is basically a professional social engineer

[-] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 9 hours ago

Always probing how much we can take, too

[-] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago

Any politician who proposes probing is not getting my vote

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

hey, we are seeing what trying to build a "utopia" through technological process looks like. We need more good lawyers and politicians so that the rules of the game help guide us to the right path.

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

That's what he wants us to think. On the forums he is G3rM4n_h4CK3r_11!

[-] artifex@piefed.zip 19 points 11 hours ago
[-] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago

Marlinspike is an awesome name too

The fish or the tool, either way it is.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Hope his first son's name is Max

[-] thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

Someone I seen awhile ago is named Cody. Does that fit?

[-] vrek@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago

Only if he was a coder... If he was a programmer no

[-] alcea@feddit.org 5 points 10 hours ago
[-] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

Blaze is a bad ass name too, not sure it measures up to godbolt but still amazing

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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