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Am I the only one noticing it about kbin's name? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by ZILtoid1991@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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kbin sounds a lot like kabin, or かびん／花瓶, which means vase in Japanese.

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[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago

There is even the folder icon as the logo to make this link clearer.