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With this much concern in the community a fork actually isn't a silly idea. Anyone prepared to actually fork this thing? Anyone have other name suggestions?

• etjossem 13y ago
  Someone else in the thread suggested 'tin', which I love! "What does 'curl' do?" "Does what it says on the tin page." $ tin curl # get the contents of a web page curl https://news.ycombinator.com/
  • aragot 13y ago
    Foreigner here (French). Why is Tin funny? It stands for the small metal box with food inside, like Can, doesn't it?
    • Tycho 13y ago
      'Does what it says on the tin' is a common phrase in English, usually applied to mean a product is simple and effective. I guess it's meant to contrast against the marketing hyperbole that you often read on tin labels.
  • ChrisAnn 13y ago
    I saw another suggestion elsewhere for 'tldr'
    • Perseids 13y ago
      I like that very much. It accurately describes my use case for bropages. And - getting back to some cultural neutrality - you can explain its meaning just fine without referring to the recent usage context in "the" Internet.
    • etjossem 13y ago
      The perfect answer to 'rtfm'!