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Though I can't imagine this is going to be particularly constructive, I've spent a lifetime on the lookout for any opportunity to brag about the names I've given various hardware devices because they're quite funny.

Perhaps - for end users/non-admins - it'd be best to point first to a list of "favorite" names??

Here are my favorites of mine, which have all notably performed the function of a unique system name quite admirably:

- Gravel (iPhone 8 Plus)

- Jorts (iPhone 12 Pro Max)

- Hildur (Desktop PC)

- [Kudzu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu) (iPad Pro)

- Winterkorn (Wireless OBD2 Scanner)


Just want to point out:

As it is implemented currently, the “Tip Jar” is literally just a list of hyperlinks. Clean hyperlinks, even.

If you need a handy example for trying it out: I’m @NeoYokel

I entered every link except CashApp because I don’t have that.

(DO NOT PAY ME. This is not a sly attempt to get you extremely wealthy hn readers to send me unsolicited cash.)


CORRECTION: The Venmo link is not clean. Here’s the tracking meta (which is revealing lol): ‘ txn=pay&amount=1.00&note=Spaces ‘


Not really 'tracking' is it?


Yes, it's pretty revealing that Twitter sends the details of your transaction to the platform you intend to make the transaction on.


thank you again everybody! here's The Post. https://bilge.world/big-thank


Thank you for your replies so far! I've learned a lot already hehe.


> In most software categories, choosing the software with longevity is easy, the most popular tools are usually the ones that have been around the longest. Microsoft Excel and Adobe Illustrator were both released in 1987 and, for the most part, they’ve remained the most popular software in their categories since then.

Hold up! I'm out here still repping Lotus 1-2-3...


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