Top all-time · #8360
Roland Crosby
Personal blog · notes.rolandcrosby.com/postsprogrammingculture
Roland Crosby writes Notes, a personal blog at notes.rolandcrosby.com about programming and culture. Since 2020, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Things Unexpectedly Named After People”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Roland Crosby's "Unexpectedly Eponymous" list, which covers things named after people, such as French drains, Raylib and San Francisco place names. The comments mostly cite the list as a reference.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Things Unexpectedly Named After People7 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2020-07-19
- What port numbers do programmers like to use?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-04-30
What Hacker News says?
French drains should be part of the "Unexpectedly Eponymous" list https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
Comment linking /posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
on “How French Drains Work”Submitted Things Unexpectedly Named After People as a story · 433 points
HN discussionQuick appreciation for the detail that Raylib is named after the creator's name Ray and not ray-tracing, fun. Things Unexpectedly Named After People: https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
Comment linking /posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
on “Making a 3D modeler in C in a week”Submitted Things unexpectedly named after people (2020) as a story · 354 points
HN discussionhttps://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
Comment linking /posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
on “A blue mineral that grows on buried bodies and confuses archaeologists (2016)”Submitted Things Unexpectedly Named After People as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIf you like Main being named after Charles Main, maybe I can interest you in this list of unexpected eponyms https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
Comment linking /posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/
on “SFStreets: History of San Francisco place names”Submitted Things Unexpectedly Named After People (2020) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What port numbers do programmers like to use? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What port numbers do programmers like to use? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion