301 witches.town/@iliana
picking a hostname is the hardest problem in computer science
Apr 9, 2017 at 7:09pmWeb
Show thread301 witches.town/@ilianaApr 9, 2017
(yes I've heard your hardest problem in computer science jokes already)
Show threadiximeowApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw yeah but that one is actually hard
Show threadinmysocks (version: awoo)Apr 9, 2017
@ilianaw the three hardest problems in computer science are picking names and off-by-one errors
Show threadFuslApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw tr -d -c '[lower]' < /dev/urandom | head -c4 > /etc/hostname
Show threadtobyApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw mine are all Elder Scrolls daedra, quite easy for me :)
Show threadSpiderApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw I'm still looking for something to do with vandali.se
Show thread301 witches.town/@ilianaApr 9, 2017
@Spider that is a solid domain hack
Show threadSpiderApr 9, 2017

@ilianaw Yeah. But I don't think it'd be a good name for a mastodon community.

Might attract a crowd I don't want to moderate.

Show threadSyfaroApr 9, 2017

@ilianaw I just found something cool on here and randomly pick from it when I need a new hostname https://namingschemes.com/

The Planets/Stars one is nice, so I wrote a little thing that just randomly picks one and lets me mark it as used so it doesn't show it again

Show threadMatthew FrostApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw in the end for some systems I just take random names from Ikea and go yep my new server is now "TUNHOLMEN".
http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/catalog/products/70326279/?icid=a1:iba|a2:nl|a3:nlp-outdoor-20170313|a4:nlp-outdoor|a5:slider|a6:hp|id:1763|cc:915
Show threadExa Apr 9, 2017
@ilianaw I took a subdomain I had, because I was already planning to install a few apps on some topics, and then Mastodon popped-up.
Show threadjonApr 9, 2017
@ilianaw there are only two hard problems in computer science: naming conventions, cache coherency, and off-by-one errors
Show threadmaltycast🍺Apr 9, 2017
@ilianaw You could use http://www.nsanamegenerator.com/ to help you decide.