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YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

... They named Macs after a beer brand?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

They named an apple after a beer brand?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

That was fascinating. Thank you for sharing 💖