Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table
fysyszykytypy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
84 - Po - Polonium - Polish government system for information about higher education and science (POL-on) - polon.nauka.gov.pl/en/ 86 - Ra - Radonium - Reporting system based on information collected in POL-on and other polish sources about science in Poland - radon.nauka.gov.pl
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
huh, who knew. I really ran out of steam after technetium
fysyszykytypy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well, I forgot to mention I am truly impressed by your list.
POL-on and RAD-on are quite specialized pieces of software that even in Poland aren’t known very well. And the names come from polish words without “-ium”, so they could not not pop up in english search results. Surely there are more niche pieces neither of us stand a chance to find easily