naming
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The Naming Office
The office had a window, which was unusual. Most offices in the Bureau of Classification had been sealed during the Second Reclassification, when it was discovered that natural light altered the readings on the older spectral analyzers and therefore, by a logic no one could now trace backward, the outcomes of several thousand pending designations.
Feb 28, 2026
Keeping You On Your Zs and Qs
From the standards bodies to the FDA to the airwaves, the weird processes that go into naming prescription drugs—and why so many use relatively obscure letters, like Z and X.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
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Nov 2, 2022