Start-up or Pokémon? Big-data or Pokémon?
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/12/17
Remember the introduction of Pokémon during summer 2016? Despite usage being far less by now ([WayBack] 80 Amazing Pokemon Go Statistics and Facts) you might still recollect the odd names the Pokémon Go characters in the Pokédex had: [WayBack] List of Pokémon – Wikipedia.
Back then I had the vague sense that some names reminded me of species, and others of companies. Both appeared to be true, for instance [WayBack] Seel looks awfully familiar to Seal. Domo has many meanings (including a Dutch dairy desert). Oh, and [WayBack] Gloom has quite a few meanings so I’m OK with being confused.
So I was amused bumping into these a while back: Pokémon names versus those of names of start-up and big-data companies:
- [WayBack: Startup or Pokémon]
- Newest[WayBack] Is it Pokemon or Big Data ?
Is it a Pokemon or a BigData tech?
- New [WayBack] Is it Pokémon or #bigdata technology? (it uses some direct Japanese -> English translations of Pokémon so it’s extra hard).
You is able to tell which nonsense word is Pokémon character and which is the latest craze in #bigdata technology? You just might qualify as #bigdata expert. Much success!
- Old [Archive.is] Is it Pokémon or #bigdata technology?
You is able to tell which nonsense word is Pokémon character and which is the latest craze in #bigdata technology? You just might qualify as #bigdata expert. Much success!
The quizes also have very funny descriptions of what the companies behind the names stand (stood?) for, like “Hadoop is distributed system for counting words”.
Via many, including:
- [WayBack] I failed at 7 questions: Is it Pokémon or #bigdata technology?…. – Fabian S. Biehn – Google+
- [WayBack Image] [WayBack] Big Data Borat @BigDataBorat Follow More Result of Pokémon or #bigdata survey in
- [WayBack] HN Search powered by Algolia: startup or pokemon
- [WayBack] Is it Pokémon or big data technology? | Hacker News
- [WayBack] Take the Test: Big Data or Pokémon? – The New Stack
Maybe I should turn the GitHub repository in to a Google Assistant Trivia questionaire using a Google Sheet.
–jeroen
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