Has very little to do with the current brou-ha-ha, but I just realised its “Automattic” because his name is “Matt”. It’s like a veil over the world has been lifted.

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cwisecarver an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Relevant: Kumail Nanjiani learns about Automattic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcrispG_rc

	▲	autophagian 8 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Astounding.
	▲	tayloramurphy 42 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is great. I'd never seen this clip before!

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brandall10 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Someone made the same comment in the thread from a few days back. Yeah, it was the first time I realized it as well.

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vjvjvjvjghv 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s fast! It usually takes me decades, if ever, to figure out this stuff. One of the downsides being slightly autistic and taking everything too literal

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rpdillon an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Yep, still can't get over how I missed the obvious arrow in the FedEx logo (it's embedded between the "E" and "x") for so many years. Super clever!

	▲	jb1991 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Wait until you hear about the Beatles name.

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moritzwarhier an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also noticed it because of this comment chain.

Not sure if it makes me autistic though, I mean, companies use wrong spellings all the time to differentiate, so often that I don't give much thought to it any more.

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dnautics an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Hasnt automattic been around for a decade?

	▲	boothby an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It has, but I only learned about it when the drama started hitting HN recently. But since I learned about the guy and the company in the same headline I put two and two together right then and there. I've learned some suspicion of founders who name companies after themselves.
	▲	dpark an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Two decades. It was founded in 2005

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Hamuko an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At least his egotrips make a bit more sense after you realise it.

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layer8 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It feels like I see this comment in every single Automattic thread on HN. :)

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benatkin an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Y combinator helped people notice it when they invested in a company called Automatic https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automatic However now that it's been acquired that reminder of Automattic not being named Automatic is gone.

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YCisTrash an hour ago | parent [-]

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	▲	refulgentis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I don't get it, why?