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1. totallygeeky · 1790372622 · focus · HN ↗

   The framing is a bit deceptive, saying that these roads are "named after" these things, despite the clarification in the about that they may have no relation. This whole thing is a bit busted, the about on each "chapter" only sort of describes what a category entails. Obscure shares the same about as famous.

   This feels like a project that was done without much care for the details, considering how many themes are pure nonsense. No acknowledgement of AI in how this was done but it sure smells of it.

   1. RickHull · 1790374217 · focus · HN ↗

      Agreed. I chose Robot Names, and it gave me a Mars Orbital Mission for Mom Lane, and Cygnus was a Deke Slayton reference. It seemed more about space and satellites than robots with personalities. And the thumbnail number (over 9000!) did not match the clicked result. And the segmented sections were hard to follow and navigate.

      1. duskwuff · 1790407321 · focus · HN ↗

         For another example: one "theme" listed is "Walking Dead episodes". The streets which come up are ones with names like "Faith" or "Family", which happen to also be names of episodes of that show. There is clearly no actual connection here.

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