Jeff ForcierMar 15

/I'm/ not doing an exhaustive deep dive into moss species names/nicknames, /you're/ doing an exhaustive deep dive into moss species names/nicknames!!! 😝

#Naming #NamingOfThings #NamingThingsIsHard #HardestProblemInComputerScience #Hostname #Hostnames #ComputerNames #E_TOOMANYHASHTAGS

Show threadStefan GastFeb 23

For those interested: That's from the AMD Geode LX Processor Data Book. In the version from February 2009 (with Publication ID 33234H, as visible in the original post), these show up on page 84.

#namingThingsIsHard

N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 21
🚀 "Naming things is hard," said every programmer ever, while busily counting imaginary unicorns named 'Index', 'Count', 'Offset', and 'Size'. 🦄 Apparently, the latest breakthrough in computer science is realizing that typos are bugs and not a new feature. 🤔 #RevolutionaryCodingInsights
https://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2026-02-16-index-count-offset-size/ #NamingThingsIsHard #ProgrammingHumor #TyposAreBugs #ComputerScience #InsightsInCoding #HackerNews #ngated
Index, Count, Offset, Size

Wherein we make progress towards solving one of the most vexing problems of Computer Science — naming things.

Show threadsatireJan 25

@RueNahcMohr I give that 555 stars.

#humor #TTL #namingThingsisHard #marketingVsEngineers

Sean HoodJan 20

What's a shorter way to describe: "Outside humidity if it were at inside temperature"

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I have a helper sensor in HomeAssistant which calculates this, but #NamingThingsIsHard

HenryJun 28, 2025

I picked up a cheap little second hand laptop today that I want to turn into my 'travel' laptop, after browsers have become unusable on the old one (which only had 2GB RAM).

Now I have two hard choices:
- What should it be called?
- Which OS to install?

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD #NamingThingsIsHard

Show threadDinos TheodorouJun 24, 2025

Meanwhile, Felix and I have entered the name brainstorming phase. One strong contender: Gurkie—inspired by "augurk" (Dutch for pickle). 🥒

Felix says he needs to sleep on it (it was my idea, and he doesn't want to be influenced). Naming a plant is serious business, after all.

#CucumberChronicles #NamePending #PlantParenthood #NamingThingsIsHard

Show threadDinosJun 8, 2025

Meanwhile, Felix and I have entered the name brainstorming phase. One strong contender: Gurkie—inspired by "augurk" (Dutch for pickle). 🥒

Felix says he needs to sleep on it (it was my idea, and he doesn't want to be influenced). Naming a plant is serious business, after all.

#CucumberChronicles #NamePending #PlantParenthood #NamingThingsIsHard

Itoshi no FoxyDonuts 🏳️‍⚧️May 16, 2025

Just a reminder that I named my tits Quetzalcoatl and Dragula.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

#transjoy #boobs #NamingThingsIsHard

Matthias Kretz | VirMay 16, 2025

There's resistance against using the same name in a namespace and a type inside that namespace. Why? What is the actual problem with this code? Is the 'foo::foo' looking too much like a constructor definition (in that context)? Isn't it great how the call to 'bar' has a clear relation to 'foo'?
Why is it considered bad practice that shouldn't pass code review?

#cpp #cplusplus #WG21 #cpp26 #namingThingsIsHard