Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 June 2009 12:41:07AM 3 points [-]

I'm naming my first child Utility.

Okay... just going by the sound of the syllables, it doesn't sound that bad... but I really don't know what that would do to the kid's life, y'know what I'm saying?

I once met a kid named Vanyel. I asked him if he was named after Vanyel Ashkevron. He said "Yes". "Cool," I said, and I meant it, but I was also thinking "What the hell were his parents thinking, naming him after the most famous gay character in all of fantasy?" It's not that it's a bad name for an adult to take for themselves, but it's not really the sort of decision you should make for a child.

Comment author: humanerror 04 July 2009 02:20:13AM 0 points [-]

I was once in the same social circle as a guy named Legolas, although I never actually met him myself.

Apparently that was his actual name. His parents were evidently big Lord of the Rings fans.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 12 May 2009 06:44:52PM *  0 points [-]

Once the plan is in motion, the final action no longer requires an effortful decision - that's the theory, anyway. And to start the plan doesn't require as much effort because I just have to think "10, 9..."

This seems to be related to Fire and Motion: once you start coding/writing, it's relatively easy to continue for the rest of the day, the only problem is to actually start.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, code!

Comment author: humanerror 12 May 2009 07:32:42PM 0 points [-]

I guess that's what Marry Poppins was on about.