• @Boforn@lemmy.ml
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    212 years ago

    Well, this is just weird. When I was migrating from Reddit to this fediverse world I chose .ml and thought it was short for “machine learning” which seemed as a cool domain for me at the time.

    • livus
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      02 years ago

      No, it’s Mali.

      The rumour is that lemmy devs chose it to mean “marxist leninist” but I think it’s more likely they wanted a free domain name.

      • ghost_laptop
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        02 years ago

        The rumor is fake, the devs have said it multiple times. If they would have wanted to do some funny Marxism meme they would have used .su

        • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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          12 years ago

          Maybe they didn’t choose it for that, but to be fair they are definitely and admittedly Marxist-Leninists

          • ghost_laptop
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            12 years ago

            Yes, as there are plenty of other developers who are openly liberals or some other flavour of capitalism. You don’t need to agree with the developers political choices all the time to use their software.

            • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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              12 years ago

              Right. My statement was one of fact, not trying to say it’s a bad thing. I’m a Marxist-Leninist as well.

          • @Pili@lemmy.ml
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            -12 years ago

            Yeah they are, so if they did choose .ml for that reason they would have no problem admitting it also. So it’s pretty clear that they just wanted a free domain.