• theshatterstone54@feddit.uk
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    16 days ago

    It still reminds me of how it took me about a decade to finally realise the connection between steam (as a gaseous substance), Steam (the platform), valve (as in that rotating thing to release pressure) Valve (the corporation), steampowered (the domain name) and steam-powered (as in a steam engine).

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      15 days ago

      The logo of steam is the crankshaft of a steam engine

      The old steam consoles were called “steam machines” with the “piston” being one of them

      The distribution system is called “steam pipe”

      I’m sure I’ve forgotten some of their puns

      Edit: Ah. There’s also “Steam Cloud” of course