Ah, yes, the maths department at university also used mathematicians for machine names, now you mention it.
I think runes sounds like a nice scheme, not as common :-)
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@asjo Bonus: My terminal font supports both Elder Futhark and long-staff Younger Futhark, so I could incorporate the actual rune as part of my zsh prompt!
@asjo (fun fact: "fehu" is the ancient root of the Danish word "fæ". It's also where English "fee" comes from - this is from a time where wealth and livestock was largely one and the same.)