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I love niche projects like this. Bonus points for the name.

by rwbt 3y ago

A_D_E_P_T 3y ago
Bonus points? I was gonna say, "can we please stop naming products after historical figures that have nothing to do with them?" > But Montaigne was a blogger! Oh, come on. Looking forward to the "Wolfgang Pauli" generation of GPUs -- the "Charles Batchelor," a smoothie machine and food processor named after Edison's assistant -- and the "McNamara" logistics and CRM suite. (In all seriousness, it's especially bad when the namesake is still alive, e.g. the "Penrose" that was discussed here a little while ago. Montaigne is long dead, so whatever is in OP hasn't stooped quite so low, but it's latching on to a very stale trend.)
- ksenzee 3y ago
  I wrote a master’s thesis on Montaigne (specifically on a publishing system for his Essais) and I think it’s a decently topical name. The Essais really were more like blog posts than like what we now call an essay.
  - dystroy 3y ago
    Is your master thesis online ? A link would be welcome (whatever the language).
    - ksenzee 3y ago
      It is no longer online, alas. My university does now host an archive where you can upload old theses, though, and I should get on that.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  Have you read Montaigne? Not only did he have an informal thinking-out-loud blogger style, but he did his best to "hyperlink" given the obvious limitations of 16th century technology. EN: https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-physiognomy/#:~:text=As%20some%20one,that%20ties%20them https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-physiognomy/#:~:text=As%20... FR: > Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. — ME,SdM https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Montaigne_-_Essais,_Éd_de_Bordeaux,_3.djvu/246 https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Montaigne_-_Essais,_Éd_d... (the late 20th century invention of the search engine has democratised reference by quotation; we no longer must assume that our reader has also already read any quoted works...)

I love niche projects like this. Bonus points for the name.

by rwbt 3y ago

I love niche projects like this. Bonus points for the name.

Bonus points? I was gonna say, "can we please stop naming products after historical figures that have nothing to do with them?" > But Montaigne was a blogger! Oh, come on. Looking forward to the "Wolfgang Pauli" generation of GPUs -- the "Charles Batchelor," a smoothie machine and food processor named after Edison's assistant -- and the "McNamara" logistics and CRM suite. (In all seriousness, it's especially bad when the namesake is still alive, e.g. the "Penrose" that was discussed here a little while ago. Montaigne is long dead, so whatever is in OP hasn't stooped quite so low, but it's latching on to a very stale trend.)

ksenzee 3y ago
I wrote a master’s thesis on Montaigne (specifically on a publishing system for his Essais) and I think it’s a decently topical name. The Essais really were more like blog posts than like what we now call an essay.
- dystroy 3y ago
  Is your master thesis online ? A link would be welcome (whatever the language).
  - ksenzee 3y ago
    It is no longer online, alas. My university does now host an archive where you can upload old theses, though, and I should get on that.
082349872349872 3y ago
Have you read Montaigne? Not only did he have an informal thinking-out-loud blogger style, but he did his best to "hyperlink" given the obvious limitations of 16th century technology. EN: https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-physiognomy/#:~:text=As%20some%20one,that%20ties%20them https://hyperessays.net/essays/on-physiognomy/#:~:text=As%20... FR: > Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. — ME,SdM https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Montaigne_-_Essais,_Éd_de_Bordeaux,_3.djvu/246 https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Montaigne_-_Essais,_Éd_d... (the late 20th century invention of the search engine has democratised reference by quotation; we no longer must assume that our reader has also already read any quoted works...)