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Can we stop naming things canvas? Please?
by indymike 2y ago
Can we stop naming things canvas? Please?
- rldjbpin 2y agofigured the llm would've helped them with more creative naming ideas. how ironic.
- nonethewiser 2y ago- Think - Siv - Forge - Crucible - Quench - Workbench - Calipers - Lathe
- jxramos 2y agoit's a dogpile of an overloaded term. At first I thought this was about writing html canvas source using ChatGPT.
- indymike 2y agoHow things get named Canvas: "Name it clay" -- artistic CMO "Won't people think they will have to get their hands dirty?" -- CEO "Right. Name it sculpt. It has a sense of je ne sais quoi about it." -- hipster CMO "No one can spell sculpt, and that French does not mean what you think it means." -- CFO "Got it! Name it canvas! It's a blank canvas! It can be anything!" -- CMO "Perfect!" -- Entire executive team who is now sick of CMO's naming excercise.
- Keyframe 2y agoAI was probably consulted for naming. Result was generic, bland midpoint.
- timeon 2y agoStrangely too short for AI.