[HN Gopher] Jason Kottke's List of 52 Interesting Things He Lear...
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       Jason Kottke's List of 52 Interesting Things He Learned in 2023
        
       Author : arbesman
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-12-26 18:38 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | fatherzine wrote:
       | That's a fun list. Random pet-peeve.
       | 
       | "Human ancestors almost went extinct 900,000 years ago. "A new
       | technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans
       | survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals."
       | 
       | Another interpretation is that there were always large numbers of
       | hominids / humans alive at any point in the past 1M years. Rather
       | the descendants of those 1,280 individuals out-breed and out-
       | warred all other hominid / human groups.
        
         | wolverine876 wrote:
         | > Rather the descendants of those 1,280 individuals out-breed
         | and out-warred all other hominid / human groups.
         | 
         | Or maybe they out-prosocialed, cooperated for much higher
         | productivity, reproduction (not to mention loyalty), and
         | thrived while the other hominid groups killed and stole from
         | each other.
         | 
         | Edit: Also, there's always the possibility the authors already
         | addressed your question - the more obvious the possibility, the
         | more likely (I don't know in this case). The paper:
         | 
         | https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7487
        
       | whycome wrote:
       | > 8. The founder of Lululemon picked that name for the company
       | because he thought it would be funny to hear Japanese speakers
       | try to say it. What an asshole.
       | 
       | From the Wiki: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Wilson)
       | 
       | > On the founding of Lululemon, in a 2004 interview with National
       | Post Business magazine, Wilson said "The reason the Japanese
       | liked [my former skateboard brand, 'Homless'] was because it had
       | an L in it and a Japanese marketing firm wouldn't come up with a
       | brand name with an L in it. L is not in their vocabulary. It's a
       | tough pronunciation for them. So I thought, next time I have a
       | company, I'll make a name with three Ls and see if I can get
       | three times the money. It's kind of exotic for them. I was
       | playing with Ls and I came up with Lululemon. It's funny to watch
       | them try to say it."[51]
       | 
       | Seems like it was more about standing out from the crowd.
        
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