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		HPsquared 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Huawei releases an open weight model trained on Hu... Linguistic deep lore: "invidia" is Latin for "envy".

fakedang 34 days ago | [–]

That was the reasoning behind the NVidia name choice btw - the cofounders wanted the competition to be envious of their company's capabilities.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang

madmask 34 days ago | | [–]

Also italian

fennecbutt 34 days ago | | [–]

Explains invidious, I suppose.

WithinReason 34 days ago | [–]

So it's extra fitting!

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