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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

The gene was named by Robert Riddle, a postdoctoral fellow at the Tabin Lab, after his wife Betsy Wilder came home with a magazine containing an advert for the first game in the series, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

To all the young engineers here, this is one of those things that seems really funny and a great idea at the time, but lasts way past the joke being funny.

If you name your services Megatron or aragorn then be ready for business and executives to use those names for 10+ years. The joke is officially dead when you force someone 3 layers above you to demand "why did Galactica go down over the weekend, who is responsible?!". Be thoughtful in your naming.

[–] three@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is entirely subjective. I would giggle every time.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Right? That's exactly why I give my business automations names like SupaWubbaDubbaHappyTimeAuthyWauthyTeeHeeSecurityWorkflow.

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