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A guy named Walker developing legged-robot software is even more on the nose than a guy named Karpathy developing autonomous-vehicle software.
by bitwize 4mo ago
A guy named Walker developing legged-robot software is even more on the nose than a guy named Karpathy developing autonomous-vehicle software.
- funki 4mo agoCar-(em)pathy... Now I can't unsee it! Thanks.
- psytortilla_ 4mo agoOh my god, how have I never noticed Karpathy and Car-Path-y? Amazing!
- ginko 4mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
- mrec 4mo agoA noble principle, albeit not without its lamentable failures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspy_Engineer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspy_Engineer
- micromacrofoot 4mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey
- memco 4mo agoAlso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
- tzs 4mo agoSometimes it works out opposite. Freakonomics talked about a man in NYC who named one of his sons "Winner" and then another son a few years later "Loser". Winner ended up as a homeless petty criminal. Loser ended up a NYPD detective.
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