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[โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

As I understand it, ricing a machine is to excessively modify it to achieve more speed, users of Gentoo being the origina ricers in the Linux world.

The term itself has dubious and arguably racist origins, in the world of modification of Japanese cars for street racing.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    The way I understand it, it's specifically not to gain more speed, but completely focused on aesthetics. Themes, background, and other touches to make it look pretty, and perhaps some UX aspects too.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I thought ricing was when asian street food vendors would make their small food carts all fancy looking?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I thought that it came from people buying cars from Japan and then modifying them both for more horsepower and to look cool?

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