Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George • Hacker News Board

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by sachin » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 7:42 AM UTC

congrats pg and x! So exciting :)

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by mick_m » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 7:55 AM UTC

Ah, can you say "shotgun wedding"? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=205918

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by Eliezer » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 7:59 AM UTC

Well, it's too late now, but if there are any other parents out there, for God's sake give your kid a globally unique name. It's all one big namespace now. There are other Eliezer Yudkowskys out there, the poor bastards, and they'll spend the rest of their lives under my ugly Google shadow.

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by tdavis » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:02 AM UTC

Is it George Graham (GG==Good Game) or George Livingston (GL==Good Luck)? I hope he enjoys our gift... take pictures! ;)

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by kajecounterhack » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:09 AM UTC

frisco wrote: post #6

vaksel wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how about starting with English?

That's a cool shift: asked his native language, he might have to think for a second between English vs Arc/CL/Python/so on for a second.

Welcome to the world, Georgie! Man he's got the best choice of initials. GL for good luck, or GG for good game, haha.

Watch, his first language is going to be leetspeek.

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by kajecounterhack » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:09 AM UTC

tdavis wrote: post #14

Is it George Graham (GG==Good Game) or George Livingston (GL==Good Luck)? I hope he enjoys our gift... take pictures! ;)

LOL I just said the same thing -- probably GG, it's more BA

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by tdavis » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:20 AM UTC

kajecounterhack wrote: post #16

tdavis wrote: post #14

Is it George Graham (GG==Good Game) or George Livingston (GL==Good Luck)? I hope he enjoys our gift... take pictures! ;)

LOL I just said the same thing -- probably GG, it's more BA

I was going to simply reply with "GG NO RE" but I didn't think anybody would get it :P

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by dmpayton » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:22 AM UTC

tdavis wrote: post #14

Is it George Graham (GG==Good Game) or George Livingston (GL==Good Luck)? I hope he enjoys our gift... take pictures! ;)

georgegraham.com is taken, whereas georgelivingston.com is available (but not for long?)

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by JMiao » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:35 AM UTC

brlewis wrote: post #2

Born at 04:44 on Saturday, 1/24. 8lbs. 10oz, according to April.

i was 8lbs 10 oz.

Re: Congratulations, Paul & Jessica; Welcome to the world, George

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Post by prakash » Sun, Jan 25, 2009, 8:53 AM UTC

Eliezer wrote: post #13

Well, it's too late now, but if there are any other parents out there, for God's sake give your kid a globally unique name. It's all one big namespace now. There are other Eliezer Yudkowskys out there, the poor bastards, and they'll spend the rest of their lives under my ugly Google shadow.

YC startups can point to whichever website PG + JL register. That kind of google karma will easily put George as the #1 George on any of the search engines.

Now, if the YC companies are really creative, George will be the 1st result returned even if someone types in "Eliezer Yudkowsky" ;-)