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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€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It was a play on words, from /sbin. More info in the top thread.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure, perhaps he liked the domain karab.in. But honestly, there's plenty of weirder names out there, even among the biggest brands.