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YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
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[–] autokludge@programming.dev 69 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Asahi means “rising sun” in Japanese, and it is also the name of an apple cultivar. 旭りんご (asahi ringo) is what we know as the McIntosh Apple, the apple variety that gave the Mac its name.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... They named Macs after a beer brand?

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

They named an apple after a beer brand?

[–] violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 10 months ago

That was fascinating. Thank you for sharing 💖