Episode 2: Eponyms. the good, the bad, the birds and the bee-tles.

Sep 7

Why do we name birds, beetles, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going 5mph over the speed limit) may not work. Why, we would love to stop adding exclamation points to our emails! Never have I ever been an apothecary.

Show Notes

[0:23] Eponym
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym

▶ Eponyms in Technology

[20:22] Amdahl's law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law
[27:33] Amdahl's Law for AI coding
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BrPB-j6ObY0
[30:06] The Mythical Man-Month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
[30:52] The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mythical-man-month-the/0201835959/cover.xhtml
[31:29] Liskov substitution principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov_substitution_principle
[31:40] Object-oriented programming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming
[31:56] Liskov substitution principle - Architectural Patterns
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/architectural-patterns/9781787287495/cf7feec3-2c90-43f7-a3e5-19148eb48cd3.xhtml
[32:39] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/
[32:41] Who Is Nancy Grace Roman?
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/who-is-nancy-grace-roman/
[34:58] Nancy Grace Roman with the James Webb Space Telescope
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy_Grace_Roman_with_the_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_(42127816211).jpg
[36:26] NASA once again declines to rename the James Webb Space Telescope
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137762508/nasa-declines-rename-james-webb-space-telescope-report
[36:37] Lavender Scare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_Scare
[37:40] NASA policy discourages naming missions after individuals
https://spacenews.com/nasa-policy-discourages-naming-missions-after-individuals/

▶ Something We Enjoyed This Month

[50:47] Never Have I Ever: Stories by Isabel Yap
https://isabelyap.com/never-have-i-ever
[53:58] The Apothecary Diaries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apothecary_Diaries
[54:42] The Apothecary Diaries on Crunchyroll
https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G3KHEVDJ7/the-apothecary-diaries

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Episode 2: Eponyms. the good, the bad, the birds and the bee-tles.

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