Indeed. Why not follow Douglas Adams' example and use obscure place names instead[1].
replyThe bad guys are using Tolkien references. The good guys are probably using Hitchhiker's Guide references...
replyLet's start naming things after Iain Banks ships.
replyI am in support. In general he was really good with names I thought, they always had an otherwordly flair while being clear to pronounce. Skaffen-Amtiskaw, Anaplian, Elethiomel...
replyYes!
reply"Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality" is one of my favorites.
Elon Musk has already had a head start on that idea for over 10 years, unfortunately:
replyWeird - Iain m Banks would’ve found Musk’s politics abhorrent
replyTo be fair, the name was a joking response to https://x.com/patrickc/status/2015562569105465347…and then the temporary skunkworks name stuck, as it always does.
replyThe AI generated illustration and satire of the poem hurt my soul. Tom doesn’t even have pupils! This output is low quality even for AI generated content.
replyMakes me want to name a project or company Sauron in response.
replyI've worked at a company that had a team call themselves Sauron before
replySo occasionally I got mails by "some colleague on behalf of Sauron" back then
All the companies you’re thinking of are likely paying the Tolkien estate a very fat fee. This repo will likely have to rename.
replyYeah. Unfortunately the people running the estate today appear to share ~none of the late Professor's values.
replyI do appreciate you quoting Shakespeare.
replyWe can go strip Shakespeare instead.
reply(For those who don't get it, "My kingdom for ___" is from Richard III: "my horse, my horse, my kingdom for a horse")
replyI'm just waiting for them to exhaust LotR and move on to Roverandom
replyNo, not bombadil. I'll donate mine too. :)
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