goku12 1 day ago

Pardon my ignorance, but how does lox relate to Pisces? I don't get the connection with cancer either, but the first thing that comes to mind on hearing Lox is liquid oxygen as it is used in rockets. So it's a connection between Rust language and astrodynamics. Is there something that makes Pisces more appropriate for this?

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Jorge1o1 1 day ago

Sibling comment mentioned the connection between lox and Pisces, but the connection to Cancer is that the mascot for Rust is a crab.

goku12 1 day ago

True! That's an embarrassing thing to forget, given that Rust is my primary programming language.

porcoda 1 day ago

I assume they’re making a reference to Lox the food (brined Salmon), so a fish is appropriate.

jimswhims 1 day ago

Think it comes from the german word for salmon, "Lachs", or at least an earlier version of the word.

unwind 1 day ago

Swedish is even closer, there it's "lax" [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravlax

miramba 1 day ago

I learned about „lox“ in NYC, a native told me it comes from jiddish, which is kind of a german dialect.

goku12 1 day ago

Oh! This is the first time I'm hearing about it. That definitely looks like a missed opportunity.