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What does kbin mean? Why is kbin.social called that? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Is it just random letters arrived to by keyboard mashing like a lot of federated websites seem, or is there any thought behind it?

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[โ€“] 57 points 3 years ago* (23 children)

I found this

according to ernest it stems from /sbin. though one of the early instances was named karabin based on the karabine gun and thus shortened to kbin (or rather expanded from kbin).

(Ernest Wiล›niewski is the creator of kbin)

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  • [โ€“] 34 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It also explains "magazines".

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  • [โ€“] 30 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Ernest has actually said that the name "magazine" isn't gun related and that it's a reference "to the virtual edition of a late 90s gaming newspaper" (see this thread and my other comment for the full story)

    Someone in that thread also explains that in Polish the names are different:

    Polish word "magazyn" means storage or newspaper, but "magazynek " is a gun mag.

    EDIT: Didn't word good.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (18 children)

    Great. Now we gotta Google what a Karabin Gun is.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago (4 children)
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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    but like... why tho?

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It's Polish for "rifle".

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    so it's a "gun rifle"? why in the world would they name a platform after it?

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  • [+] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (6 children)
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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    why tho? why is that the name of the platform then?

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