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I created the weirdest political compass (lemmy.world)
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[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 86 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How are you defining "Obsolete" vs "Nu"?

e.g. Brainfuck from 1993 is all the way to Nu, while D (2001) and Rust (2012) are less "Nu"?

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 37 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Also, what the hell is "nu" supposed to mean?

[–] Mika@sopuli.xyz 23 points 5 days ago

Nude 😳

[–] subterfuge@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

OP probably lived through the mid-1990s rise of “nu-metal” bands like Linkin Park

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago

Funny that nushell is not on here.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago

Maybe short for "Nouveau".
The "ouvea" being removed:P