Let me guess; they came up with the name first.
gnutrino
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No, the WHO only assigns greek letters to Variants of Concern which this isn't (yet). It was named by a scientist on twitter after an asteroid that sounds close to pi and rho (which would be the next Greek letters if it becomes a VoC)
Be the change you want to see?
Wtf does their browser history look like to be getting those sorts of ads?!
Murray Gell-Mann did (the guy who named them for anyone unaware). The general opinion seems to have been similar to that of the guy who invented the gif however: just because he named it doesn't mean he wasn't wrong about how it is pronounced.
getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals' capabilities
Who asseses people's capabilities in this system? As they are likely the most powerful people.
Galaxywise and counter-galaxywise
Oh so all the responses to my pull requests are actually coming from Indians that want me to reply?
If you were the judge, what would you do?
Drive a trolley into the rioters
Fonzie scheme.
Ayyy!
NASA glances around uncomfortably
A!