salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-squaremessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up11.41Karrow-down115file-text
arrow-up11.39Karrow-down1message-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havesalarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareintelati@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agofannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me
minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 months agoThose are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring. “Fannie Mae” is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). “Freddie Mac” is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
minus-squareimaqtpie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoTIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.
fannie mae and freddie mac have this distinct dystopyian taste to me
Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring.
“Fannie Mae” is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). “Freddie Mac” is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
TIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.