c/kbinMeta · by ZILtoid1991@kbin.social · 2yAm I the only one noticing it about kbin's name? kbin sounds a lot like kabin, or かびん／花瓶, which means vase in Japanese. 8 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world
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jeena@jemmy.jeena.net · 5 pts · 2y
kbin sounds a lot like karabin, which means rifle in Polish.
JustAWoopie@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah ernest seems to be polish and the polish kbin instance is karab.in. Still it’s kind of a weird name for a link aggregator
Teppic@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
Ernest, the kbin developer has addressed this:
https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/344/What-is-Kbin-Join-the-Fediverse#entry-comment-969
Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 2y
It's a play for unix filesystem's layout -
/sbin-> kbin. Can't recall the post, but that was answered by Ernest himself.Teppic@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
There is even the folder icon as the logo to make this link clearer.
Spuddaccino@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 2y
I think it's pretty safe to say that the two terms are unrelated, and that most people on a non-Japanese-speaking community would not make that same connection.
DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Vasebook?
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
To be fair, naming an app for kbin as "Vase" would be pretty dope.
tiredofsametab@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
ケビン is closer, which is just the transliteration of Kevin.