salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-squaremessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down115file-text
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1message-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havesalarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square227fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlowVoid@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year 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-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoTIL. I always wondered what the deal was with those names.
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.