renzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAlmost as annoying as the windows evangelistslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square400fedilinkarrow-up11.13K
arrow-up11.13Kexternal-linkAlmost as annoying as the windows evangelistslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square400fedilink
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThe y stands for “yoink the database”. /s I think they either just ran out of letters, or y was seen as reinforcing the action (as in “yes, download the database too”), with yy being an even stronger action (“yes, download the database even if there’s nothing to update”).
The
ystands for “yoink the database”./s
I think they either just ran out of letters, or
ywas seen as reinforcing the action (as in “yes, download the database too”), withyybeing an even stronger action (“yes, download the database even if there’s nothing to update”).