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Not sure why it would be "funny" as this is literally why they named the company Xiaomi.

Source (Chinese): https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2020-11-26/detail-iiznctke33979...

For me it's funny that all the products are called "Rice-something" that's funny, hahaha! :)

Not that different from "apple" something.

Not quite. Rice-something has been used for goods coming from East Asia - depending on the quality of the goods in both derogatory and non derogatory manner. Like rice rockets - the japanese ultra high performance sport bikes for example

I was reading the Steve Jobs biography and thought it was interesting that the choice in the name "apple" came from him wanting something that came before Atari in the yellow pages, and also that he had spent time at a Hippie apple orchard in Oregon.

I was reading a Jack Tramiel biography recently, and read that early on the two Steve's sought to sell Apple to Commodore for under a million dollars.

Nah, Xiaomi literally means Millet, which also prefixes Mi.

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