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[–] Headofthebored@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We live in the same world as an overclocked magic 8 ball made from Rush Limbaugh's hollowed out skull, that runs up the light bill... named Grok... and it seems like nobody even paused. Grok sounds like a caveman name. Probably not a coincidence.

[–] Shteou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Grok is old programmer slang for 'understanding.' It's a shame Elon has subverted such a great piece of linguistic history

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Grok is from the book Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein. It means to understand something so fully you can control it. In the book the main character is raised by Martians which teach him a form of meditation that involves grokking things so he essentially has magical powers over things he understands.

I doubt Elon has read it. He definitely missed the part about understanding things and is rushing for the controlling things.

[–] Headofthebored@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Hmm... Might have to read that.

[–] tym@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pales in comparison to his bastardization of the name Tesla. He's a modern-era edison through and through

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 2 points 14 hours ago

Hey now. Despite everything, Edison was an actual inventor and actually a self-made man. Musk doesn't have shit on Edison.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

Nah, Linux Programmers are all nerds, and they started using it, which then made basically every programmer use it, but it's way older, 1960s sci-fi novel