new name for our package

[JanghyunJK]

Steve will bake a cake for the winner.

@anyaelena @stephen-frank @sakshi-mishra @buechler314 @lz356 @haneslinger @JanghyunJK

• reply with new package names
• vote by thumbs up/down reactions

[JanghyunJK]

palmistry

quote from wiki:

• "interpretations of various lines and palmar features"
• "The skeptical Mark Twain wrote in Cheiro's visitor's book that he had 'exposed my character to me with humiliating accuracy'"

downside:

• palmistry is considered as pseudoscientific or superstitious belief...
• sometimes I feel like the name should have enough details about the product (ML, building, probabilistic forecasting, etc.)

[stephen-frank]

You are not limited to a single submission.

[stephen-frank]

augury

An omen or prediction (from https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/augury)

Cons: at least 3 software or software-related companies apparently use this name

[stephen-frank]

portend

"portent" n. indication, forewarning; a synonym of "augury" (from https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/portent) "portend" v. foreshadow, indicate (from https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/portend)

Cons: Kind of a negative connotation?

[stephen-frank]

harbinger

n. indication; synonyms are "herald" or "omen" (from https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/harbinger)

Pros: Catchy!

Cons: even more negative connotation than portent. Not that that stopped the several companies using it as a product name. 😄

[stephen-frank]

presage

noun or verb; another synonym of "omen", "portend", "forecast", etc. (from https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/presage)

Cons: Several companies using this name too

[stephen-frank]

eight ball

What does a magic eight ball do?

Pros: Catchy and funny

Cons: Not serious enough? Common knowledge that the magic eight ball is basically worthless as a forecasting instrument? "Magic 8-Ball" is trademarked so we definitely couldn't include the "Magic"...

[JanghyunJK]

this is pretty fun: https://word.tips/

[JanghyunJK]

undecryptable

"That cannot be decrypted."

u n d - deep learning e c r y p - probabilistic forecasting t - time series a b - building performance data l e

[haneslinger]

I'm just going to throw a bunch of ideas out there:

• PowerProphet 🧙
• Crystal Ball 🔮 (building on Steve's idea)
• TimeTells 🕐 (Like "time will tell", for time series data telling us the future)
• Red Sky 🔴 (from the weather forcasting adage, "Red skys at night, sailors delight")
• Elements2Engery ⚡ (the Elements, like weather, to Energy Prediction)
• ElementAI 💜 (the name of my old, absorbed start up 😸)
• DeepDivination 🕴🏼(not very descriptive)

[stephen-frank]

I do like "Crystal Ball" but it might be overselling the accuracy a bit? I like "Red Sky" too but it feels perhaps too abstract? And there seem to be quite a few "Red Sky" software tools out there.

I thought of two more, one serious and one not really serious:

1. Horizon (or Horizon AI): Evokes looking to the horizon to see into the distance as well as the time horizon used in the prediction
2. Maud'Dib (or Maud'Dib AI): Yes, it's a Dune reference, ergo super nerdy. But it is kind of perfect, as "Maud'Dib" is both the constellation "The Mouse", known as "the one who points the way", and the Fremen name for Paul Atreides, who can of course predict the future. (This is my not as serious proposal, if you couldn't tell.) 🐭

EDIT: As is the way of the Internet, of course software named both these things already exists.

[stephen-frank]

Need some opinions from @anyaelena, @buechler314, and @lz356!

[lz356]

probadict

I think it is self-explanatory

[JanghyunJK]

maybe once we get all opinions, we can do a poll.

[anyaelena]

i say we do a poll with only options that are available on PyPI. i guess i helped come up w/the "eight ball" suggestion below, but beyond that i have nothing catchy to contribute :/

[JanghyunJK]

waiting for your entry @buechler314 !! :boom: and @sakshi-mishra if you have any !! :mailbox_with_no_mail:

[buechler314]

A few more ideas:

• buildLoads
• energyCast
• BuildSQUATTER (Building Simultaneous Quantile And Temporal Tellings for Energy Resources)
• BYOBEF (Bring Your Own Building Energy Forecaster)
• watt-tile (like quantile...)

Trying to come up with more ridiculous ARPA-E style project acronyms but it is harder than I expected...

[JanghyunJK]

@anyaelena @stephen-frank @sakshi-mishra @haneslinger @lz356 @buechler314 @JanghyunJK

created a poll:

vote here: http://etc.ch/VSej see results here: https://directpoll.com/r?XDbzPBd3ixYqg80Qwtq1iOg2GE7SuFeXDd4VwTv

Let me know if something is weird with the poll. First time trying this online poll site.

[JanghyunJK]

wow these people are good with acronyms

I think I heard @stephen-frank @haneslinger voted.

@buechler314 @lz356 @anyaelena let me know when you done voting !!

Will announce the winner if we have only one winner, but if we have ties then will do second round voting.

[anyaelena]

@JanghyunJK I'm getting this at the voting link:

[JanghyunJK]

@anyaelena could you try again? not sure why but it was disabled so enabled again.

[anyaelena]

done and voted!

[lz356]

I voted last week. Look forward to knowing the winner!

[sakshi-mishra]

Late to the party here! There are so many creative suggestions! I finished voting, looking forward to knowing the winner!

[JanghyunJK]

@haneslinger @lz356 @anyaelena @stephen-frank @sakshi-mishra @JanghyunJK @buechler314

the cake goes to.....

@buechler314 🥇 🍰 👍

at least @stephen-frank doesn't have to bake until Rob visits?!

everyone interested in the 2nd round for the two name winners?

[haneslinger]

great job rob!

Personally, I'm quite partial to Wattile and think it might be a poor choice to associate our project with squatters

I'd be happy to declare Wattile the winner 💡

[buechler314]

I agree with Hannah!

[JanghyunJK]

we have a winner 🏆 and will discuss details (e.g., wattile or watt-tile) in the next group meeting when everyone is there.

[stephen-frank]

I will be out next week. I don't have a strong preference but throwing in WattTile as another option.