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		albert_e on Oct 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Cloud Computer Is the name of the company "Oxide" or "0xide" (with a leading zero)? All text seems to indicate the former while the logo seems to spell the latter?

steveklabnik on Oct 26, 2023 | [–]

The name is "Oxide Computer Company." But since "0x" is often used for hexidecimal numbers, and "0x1de" happens to be one, we play around with it from time to time.

nopcode on Oct 26, 2023 | [–]

Yeah the logo is a bit confusing, but the full name is "Oxide Computer Company".

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