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Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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The name has unfortunate verbal similarities with a well known sex toy, especially when different accents are considered. I am actually astounded they went ahead with this name.

I'm going to venture a guess and say it's more likely that people will associate this with millions upon millions of flashlights that have been sold in the United States, rather than whatever it is you're talking about.

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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The name has unfortunate verbal similarities with a well known sex toy, especially when different accents are considered. I am actually astounded they went ahead with this name.

you do realize that the recently introduced sex toy was both named and designed to resemble flashlights, right?

that said, interesting decision to ditch the scripting language. when i think of these sorts of things, immediately think that embedding or supporting a scripting language makes a ton of sense. i'm curious what the thinking was to just go full c++? i suppose they just decided that modern c++ was easy enough and this was better for simplifying production?

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^

Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.

What? Nobody in their right mind thinks "fleshlight" immediately upon hearing the word "flashlight"

Is this some sort of performance art comment?

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^

Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.

I don't see such a significant problem.

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^

Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.

As a non native english speaker I knew the word flashlight years before I knew that you could use torch to mean the same thing (and not just a burning stick). Websters even seems to claim that this is mostly a British thing.

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.

As a non native english speaker I knew the word flashlight years before I knew that you could use torch to mean the same thing (and not just a burning stick). Websters even seems to claim that this is mostly a British thing.

Nobody calls flashlights torches in the US.

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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And yet millions of electric torches are sold in the United States each year without confusion. (Although not, let's be honest, without amusement.)

I'd just choose a name with a greater Hamming distance from sexual harassment.

Now that I think about it... Docker does sound a bit like Dick-er.

Re: Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flashlight vs torch (pytorch). ^^

Yes, I could see the construction, I just can't think why they wouldn't anticipate the problems it could cause down the track.

Wait until people accidentally an ML model?
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