the longest street name in Germany is “Bischöflich-Geistlicher-Rat-Josef-Zinnbauer-Straße”, which I don’t think is that different from something like “St Martin-in-the-Fields Church Path” in the UK.
(I’m purposefully ignoring Wales, because they’re just fucking with us at this point)
Lmfao, no clue why you’re being downvoted so much. It’s absolutely true that the camel-case here looks like a clusterfuck, even when it’s easily explained.
Because there’s a company that makes the software used to run a Mastodon instance. Same way Mozilla has a CEO even though they’re not in charge of the internet.
How can a decentralized platform have a CEO?
You recognize that Mastodon, the software, is developed by a non-profit called Mastodon gGmbH?
Mastodon gHmbH? What happened there? Was he naming the company and somehow fell on the keyboard?
gGmbH = gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung = limited liability company serving the public benefit
Is the first g the “for public benefit” part? Because isn’t GmbH an evil company?
Also, isn’t the norm that if you’re doing good, you don’t name the leader a CEO but a Director or something?
yes, gemeinnützig = serving the public benefit (literally approximately: gemein = common, nützig = useful, i.e. useful to the common good)
GmbH is just the (almost literal) translation of LLC.
And we’re on Lemmy, so any LLC is inherently evil. /s
When I was a kid I always pictured a goomba when I saw GmbH.
Thats a good association.
God damn the German language sure uses the entire alphabet in every word…How do they fit names onto their street signs???
wat
the longest street name in Germany is “Bischöflich-Geistlicher-Rat-Josef-Zinnbauer-Straße”, which I don’t think is that different from something like “St Martin-in-the-Fields Church Path” in the UK.
(I’m purposefully ignoring Wales, because they’re just fucking with us at this point)
Well thank goodness they have that ß character to help keep their street names so efficient.
Are the Welsh fucking anything other than their flock?
Do you have a problem with the language that’s half l and y?
Replace ss with ß.
Close, it’s German. Basically an LLC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GmbH
No it’s not. It’s a gGmbH. Notice the leading “g”. It’s a nonprofit company.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinnützige_GmbH
Unfortunately there is no English translation of that page on Wikipedia.
Let’s just call it a nonprofit.
Lmfao, no clue why you’re being downvoted so much. It’s absolutely true that the camel-case here looks like a clusterfuck, even when it’s easily explained.
Cat on the keyboard. Been there…
Actually I was not aware of that, thank you for telling me.
Who wants to be CEO of lemmy btw? You’ll have no power over anything, but we can call you that from now on as a joke.
Sup
His name is John Mastodon.
Thank goodness Boint Boint is here to explain.
His full name is John Mastodon Pterodactyl Triceratops Sabre-tooh Tiger Tyrannosaurus but he just goes by John Mastodon for short.
Nice. I wonder if he also plays drums for Mastodon.
you joke but, a little-known fact is that gargron named the mastodon software after that band as it is his favorite
edit: related https://www.loudersound.com/news/mastodon-social-media-band-twitter
Because there’s a company that makes the software used to run a Mastodon instance. Same way Mozilla has a CEO even though they’re not in charge of the internet.