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wandb (ML data tracking) generates random run names using a similar strategy. Also something we implemented at a past company for our networked spectrometers. T
by joshvm 3y ago
wandb (ML data tracking) generates random run names using a similar strategy. Also something we implemented at a past company for our networked spectrometers. They'd get "element_adjective" as a hostname.
Another time, we called our drone onboard computers after the Valkyries. There are enough to go around and many of them are short and can be anglicised (e.g. herja, hrist, hildr, hrund).
Most of my devices are named after entities from Neuromancer, though I'm surprised how few people I know that have read it.
- blooalien 3y ago> "Most of my devices are named after entities from Neuromancer, though I'm surprised how few people I know that have read it." As a young "hacker" way back in "ye olde days" of gaming, I played the computer game [0] which fortunately came with a paperback copy of the book at a time when I was an avid reader of sci-fi. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer_(video_game)