My laptop is named after Rocinante, Don Quixote's horse.
Choosing a Name for Your Computer
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Re: Choosing a Name for Your Computer
#12I've been using LoadingReadyRun's Installation Anxiety sketch[0] as a guide to name computers around my house. I originally had a file server, so I named it toilet , then I had a web server named gram , and named my router dishwasher . I recently started a job where I get to run iventoy[1], so the computer it's running on is paul . [0] https://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Installation_Anxi... https://m.youtube.…
What would you name a smart dishwasher?
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#13My daily driver is called Unicorse - my favourite character from Bluey
Re: Choosing a Name for Your Computer
#14I've been using LoadingReadyRun's Installation Anxiety sketch[0] as a guide to name computers around my house. I originally had a file server, so I named it toilet , then I had a web server named gram , and named my router dishwasher . I recently started a job where I get to run iventoy[1], so the computer it's running on is paul . [0] https://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Installation_Anxi... https://m.youtube.…
What would you name a smart dishwasher?
I'd sooner throw out a smart dishwasher than connect it to my network.
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#15I use Civil War generals.
But only the Union side.
Re: Choosing a Name for Your Computer
#16I've been using LoadingReadyRun's Installation Anxiety sketch[0] as a guide to name computers around my house. I originally had a file server, so I named it toilet , then I had a web server named gram , and named my router dishwasher . I recently started a job where I get to run iventoy[1], so the computer it's running on is paul . [0] https://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Installation_Anxi... https://m.youtube.…
What would you name a smart dishwasher?
She already had a name when I married her.
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#17> Don't use antagonistic or otherwise embarrassing names. Words like "moron" or "twit" are good names if no one else is going to see them. But if you ever give someone a demo on your machine, you may find that they are distracted by seeing a nasty word on your screen. (Maybe their spouse called them that this morning.) Why bother taking the chance that they will be turned off by something completely irrelevant to you…
On the other hand, the very first example they give is "goon"... which, needless to say, has changed meaning in the years since this was written
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#18Every machine in my home stack is named after a Pokemon. Theres hundreds of options, each pretty unique, and fun. You also get some sense of scale, in that stronger machines can correlate to stronger pokes. Beefy desktop with a strong GPU? Name it after a legendary. RPI? One of the thousand little electric guys. Rotom, voltorb, ..... That daily driver laptop that never leaves your side? I usually pick a starter evo o…
Wow I do the same - down to legendary Pokémon for beefy machines.
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#19I use Star Wars planets for computer. Screen time of the planet roughly correlates to the importance of the computer. Home server is Tatooine, Linux laptop is Hoth, gaming desktop is Mustafar, etc.