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Blink, the browser engine, was named after <blink> and its speed. It's a really clever, relevant, meaningful name.

This project seems to want to be "Blinkenlights". That's a cool name. Or "Blinken" or something mainframe-related.




When I originally announced this project I called it "das blinkenlights" and was quickly mobbed by a group of Germans on Reddit for misappropriating their culture (even though I was quoting The Jargon File). Normally I try to focus on cosmo corpo speak that couldn't possibly rub anyone the wrong way, which is why I like "blink" because blinking is something man has been doing for centuries, so as a word I feel that it really unites humanity rather than dividing it.


Major props on your work here! It's incredible.

Who am I to bikeshed on your project and its name?


I would have doubled down with "däs ßlinkënlights"...




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