X

[Falco Knotwise]

I only know 25 letters of the alphabet myself.

I don't know why.

[temporal1]

One of Elon's kids is named X. I think it is short for Xavier.

His rocket company is SpaceX. The guy just likes the letter X for some reason. I guess it is allowed for people to have favorite letters. I dislike them all the same amount myself. Literacy is evil at times.

Elon has had an affinity for X in his life. As have others.

My mother’s definition of “eccentric” has served me well over decades. She said, “Wealthy people are described as ‘eccentric,’
the rest of us are just called ‘crazy.’ “

[RZehr]

One of Elon's kids is named X. I think it is short for Xavier.

Elon’s son is named X Æ A-Xii.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ente ... 84043.html

Explaining the meaning behind the name, Grimes said “X” stands for “the unknown variable”. Meanwhile, “Æ” is the Elven spelling of AI, which is shorthand for artificial intelligence and the word for “love” in several languages, such as Japanese.

“A-12 = precursor to SR-17 (our favourite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent,” she added. The “A” in the name also represents “Archangel”, the title of a song by Burial that she has previously described as her favourite.

Stupid name.

[Szdfan]

If your goal is to destroy Twitter X, this is a pretty good way to do it.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/08/18/elo ... tent-.html

Users of X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer be able to block comments from unwanted followers, according to a post by X owner Elon Musk on Friday, eliminating what's long been viewed as a key safety feature. Blocking will only be available for direct messages, he said.

Users have been able to use the block function to make sure that hateful content and harassment doesn't show up in their feed in response to their posts. The mute feature just keeps the individual user from seeing the undesired responses, but doesn't eliminate them from others' feeds.

Louis Jones, a longtime media and advertising executive who now works at the Brand Safety Institute, said Musk's latest plan is very concerning as users could be inundated with spam, threats and other harmful content.

Musk's "lax approach to free speech," is likely to have a "double effect," making bullying more common on the platform and inhibiting free speech by those users who are targets of bullies and predators, Jones wrote in an email to CNBC. "It's a downward spiral that cannot be good for the long term success of X."

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/169255841 ... 8-khs7cmwA

[Admiral Acbon]

I'm going to keep calling it Twitter till I hear a good reason to quit. Even Szdfan's X.com link redirects to Twitter.com. I've never been fond of changing names for anything except in the most extreme circumstances.

[MaxPC]

Z

Ok, but Y?

So far, the replacement has been called "Wayland", which seems to be moving back to W. There was an attempt at Y, but it was so non-notorious that it had its Wikipedia page removed.

[Szdfan]

I'm going to keep calling it Twitter till I hear a good reason to quit. Even Szdfan's X.com link redirects to Twitter.com. I've never been fond of changing names for anything except in the most extreme circumstances.

Don't you mean eXtreme circumstances?

It's pretty funny how media refers to X as the "social media formerly known as Twitter."

[ohio jones]

It's pretty funny how media refers to X as the "social media formerly known as Twitter."

It will eventually get shortened to SMFKAT which, unlike TAFKAP, is actually a character shorter than the original name.

[Robert]

It will eventually get shortened to SMFKAT which, unlike TAFKAP, is actually a character shorter than the original name.

My wife uses an email address of tifkas. The IRCer Formally Known As SAM.

We used to do a good bit of IRC chat. When Prince changed his name to the character, she started using the acronym. She is quite a character so it fit well.

[Josh]

It will eventually get shortened to SMFKAT which, unlike TAFKAP, is actually a character shorter than the original name.

My wife uses an email address of tifkas. The IRCer Formally Known As SAM.

We used to do a good bit of IRC chat. When Prince changed his name to the character, she started using the acronym. She is quite a character so it fit well.

What networks? I used to use Undernet and EFnet… a long time ago.