TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 8 hours ago

Thank you for verifying 🙂

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 7 hours ago

Hm, my guess would be either “cube control” or “cube C-T-L”.

EDIT (2025-02-28T09:02Z): Hm, actually, given that it’s for Kubernetes ^[1], maybe it’s “koob control” or “koob C-T-L”… ^[2]?

References

Type: Documentation. Title: “Command line tool (kubectl)”. Publisher: Kubernetes. Published: 2024-01-01T21:15-08:00. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:01Z. URI: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/.
Type: Article. Title: “How to pronounce Kubernetes so you don’t get laughed at”. Author: “Blue Matador”. Publisher: “Blue Matador, Inc.”. Published: 2020-06-03. Accessed: 2025-02-28T11:07Z. URI: https://www.bluematador.com/blog/how-to-pronounce-kubernetes.
- §“So, how do you pronounce Kubernetes?”.
  
  Kubernetes is pronounced coo-ber-net-ees […]

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 11 hours ago

Do you mean /ɲiɲks/?

Here are the sounds for each:

ɲ ^[1]
ŋ ^[2]

Referencs

Type: Article. Title: “Voiced palatal nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-20T17:37Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:58Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking “source” for the audio in the infobox.
Type Article. Title: “Voiced velar nasal”. Publisher: Wikipedia. Published: 2025-02-09T14:27Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:59Z. URI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal.
- The audio file is found by clicking “source” for the audio in the infobox.

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 7 hours ago

No ^[1.1].

EDIT 2025-02-28T10:17Z: Actually, @[email protected], I was wrong in my initial interpretation ^[1.2]. So, from what I can tell, you are, in actuality, the only one itt! 😊

References

Type: Post. “TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"”. Author: “Kalcifer” @[email protected]. Publisher: “Programmer Humor” [email protected]. sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-26T23:27:35Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588.
1. Type: Comment. Author: @[email protected]. Published: 2025-02-27T00:18:34Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16948274.
  - I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
2. Type: Comment. Author: @[email protected]. Published: 2025-02-28T09:09:54. Accessed: 2025-02-28T10:24Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33487588/16975245.
  
  Nope.
  - The thread from which that quote originated was as follows:
    
    TIL that “nginx” is pronounced “engine-x”, and not “n-jinx” […]
    
    I always heard it as /ŋiŋks/ in my mind
    
    Do you mean /ɲiɲks/? […]
    
    Nope.

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 11 hours ago

Basically, every search engine has incorporated LLMs and are shoving them down your throat. If we are talking about tools that I would find useful I’d rather have a reverse image search. […]

So, for clarity, are you saying that a reverse image search tool is more useful to you than AI integration, yet search engines are pushing for AI integration rather than reverse image search tools, and they may not have reverse image search tools at all?

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 7 hours ago

Edit: damn, that down vote hurt. Must be an llm developer, I guess.

If you are accusing me, I would like to clarify that, as of writing this, I have not downvoted your comment ^[1].

References

Type: Post. Title: “I could do more with native reverse image searches then I currently do with LLM AI.”. Author: @[email protected]. Publisher: sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. Published: 2025-02-28T04:46:11Z. Accessed: 2025-02-28T06:14Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33553357/16973103.
- - The score of @[email protected]’s comment shows it to have 2 downvotes (confirming that it has indeed been downvoted by someone), yet the downvote icon is not highlighted. Given that this comment is posted from @[email protected]’s account (@Kalcifer is shown to be logged in in the top right), It would be highlighted if @Kalcifer had downvoted it.

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 12 hours ago

Could you elaborate? I don’t understand what you mean.

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"

Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works · 16 days ago

[…] [Hyprland] is made by a transphobe and a large part of the community is also […]

Do you have a source?

Kalcifer

TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"

TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx"