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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2023
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Here is the answer on the Polish instance directly from @ernest, kbin's creator. For reference, he was being accused of being a gun lover based on the name of the Polish instance "karab.in" and "magazines," as well as his Monty Python profile pic with a gun in it.
https://karab.in/m/fediverse/p/217281/The-reason-for-the-strange-naming-and-uncomfortable-images-on#post-comment-311421
Here are the relevant sections from Ernest on the origins of both kbin and magazine:
Thanks for providing the references. This should be at the top.
No problem, hopefully it will make its way up there haha.
We still don’t know what the K stands for though.
The K stands for Kool, same as in KDE.
Kool kool kool
🤣🤣
So /sbin from Linux + k from karabin from the Polish word for rifle
But the creator doesn't want it the instance to be seen as rifle-focused or otherwise militant and violent, so it just carries the "rifle-wielding polish linux user"-name without wanting to focus on militant Polish nerds.