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What's the deal with giving girls these masculine names? Murph? Max? Also, this may be the hardware basis for interfaces of the future.(yes, it's neat, somethi

by cb18 10y ago

What's the deal with giving girls these masculine names? Murph? Max? Also, this may be the hardware basis for interfaces of the future.(yes, it's neat, something similar to what many of us have been imagining for a long time I suspect. What does the actual hardware look like though?) But is this the type of software we want? The notification, reactive model? Our time and attention is limited, the beauty of computers is we can access the info we want at any given time, and control its flow. And yet we've set up this paradigm of being bombarded with pointless trivium, there's a business case sure, all the better to squeeze in some sponsored messages, but is there a case for human flourishing here? How many times a day does a device of yours feed you info that only serves to distract from what you're doing at the given moment? These notifications can be turned off of course. I encourage you to do so.

Erwin 10y ago
"Murph" (and the space helmet too) are likely an "Interstellar" reference; Cooper's daughter was named "Murph": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/reference http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/reference Young Murph: Why did you and mom name me after something that's bad? Cooper: Well, we didn't. Young Murph: Murphy's law? Cooper: Murphy's law doesn't mean that something bad will happen. It means that whatever can happen, will happen. And that sounded just fine to us.
- cb18 10y ago
  Cool, I like those kind of subtle references. I've not seen that movie, what little I've seen about it seems interesting. Would you recommend it? That dialogue is reminiscent of "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be." -Abraham Maslow Edit: Well, glancing at the IMDB page, I'm guessing you would recommend, I didn't know the movie had been so well received.

by cb18 10y ago

Erwin 10y ago

"Murph" (and the space helmet too) are likely an "Interstellar" reference; Cooper's daughter was named "Murph": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/reference http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/reference Young Murph: Why did you and mom name me after something that's bad? Cooper: Well, we didn't. Young Murph: Murphy's law? Cooper: Murphy's law doesn't mean that something bad will happen. It means that whatever can happen, will happen. And that sounded just fine to us.

cb18 10y ago
Cool, I like those kind of subtle references. I've not seen that movie, what little I've seen about it seems interesting. Would you recommend it? That dialogue is reminiscent of "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be." -Abraham Maslow Edit: Well, glancing at the IMDB page, I'm guessing you would recommend, I didn't know the movie had been so well received.