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Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke by yodsanklai on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:22PM (#24485601)
> Namely something after yourself is tacky.

I think it's a cultural thing. In some countries it would be considered very poor taste for someone to pay to get their name on a building. If it's an academic building, I think it makes more sense to name it after someone who contributed to the field. Or it could simply be the "CS building".

Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke by kyawzazaw on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @09:27PM (#24488645)
> If it's an academic building, I think it makes more sense to name it after someone who contributed to the field. Or it could simply be the "CS building".

Have you seen the halls of the US univerisites?