[HN Gopher] NERV Disaster Prevention
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       NERV Disaster Prevention
        
       Author : spike021
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-01-01 21:16 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (nerv.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (nerv.app)
        
       | evanjrowley wrote:
       | For those unaware, the name and logo are inspired by NERV from
       | the Japanese anime Evangelion (1995):
       | https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/NERV
        
         | nvahalik wrote:
         | My first thought. Both cool but also a little weird, given the
         | content of the anime.
        
         | chromakode wrote:
         | It's very funny and odd that they retained the "God's in his
         | heaven, all's right with the world" text.
        
           | shadowgovt wrote:
           | It's the message I'd hope to see in relation to natural
           | disaster prediction!
        
         | chronid wrote:
         | The company behind it is called _gehirn_ to add more fun to the
         | story. :)
        
           | throwaway892238 wrote:
           | I'm honestly kinda spooked out at the multiple websites and
           | companies here that seem to be from NGE. I can't really tell
           | if these are fake or real.
        
       | positus wrote:
       | This is somewhat eerie considering the earthquakes happening in
       | Japan over the past day.
        
         | MBCook wrote:
         | They got some fame because they were posting "too many updates"
         | and got blocked on Twitter and had to tell people to use their
         | app instead.
         | 
         | That's the reason I heard about them, for the first time, this
         | morning.
         | 
         | I saw the name and had to go digging to see if it was real
         | (yes), if NERV was a real government agency and not fictional
         | as I always assumed (no), or if they stole the name/logo (no).
        
       | noduerme wrote:
       | You know what would be great would be an app like this for
       | shootings in America. (Unfortunately).
        
         | jitl wrote:
         | Citizen does this (https://citizen.com)
         | 
         | I used it for a bit, and it had decent UX, but it seems
         | designed to raise your anxiety until you pay for a snake oil
         | subscription. YMMV
        
       | InTheArena wrote:
       | This seems... in poor taste. There may be dead people due to the
       | earthquake - and an Evangelion reference, complete with the
       | "God's in his heaven's all right in the world" anime logo? Nyet.
        
         | chronid wrote:
         | The japanese rights holders for the logo and the japanese
         | company (?) making it at least disagree I think.
         | 
         | The name and logo if nothing else _are_ pretty recognizable and
         | memorable. I know nothing about features, but they seem to be
         | collaborating with institutions too...
        
       | jitl wrote:
       | > The name and logo of "NERV" are used with the explicit
       | permission of khara Inc., the copyright holder of the
       | "Evangelion" series, and Groundworks Corporation, which manages
       | the rights to the series.
        
       | madrox wrote:
       | This is interesting, but feel like the name and logo do it a
       | disservice. I took way too long figuring out whether this was a
       | parody app or not.
        
       | c54 wrote:
       | I read somewhere that Evangelion has similar cultural impact with
       | the Japanese as Star Wars does in the US. In that way naming this
       | app NERV is similar to the US's "Star Wars" strategic defense
       | initiative...
       | 
       | Except there was a law suit in that case because nobody bothered
       | to get the rights from Lucasfilm
        
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