Is there any information regarding what inspired t...
# ampers
Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 12:32 PMIs there any information regarding what inspired the name “Amper”? Does it mean something?
In my mind I immediately thought of Amber, but this isn’t the inspiration right?
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Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 12:54 PMWould you like the straight answer, or do you want to play a guessing game bit? 😉
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Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 12:57 PMI am up for a bit of game 😄
So far I got Amber on my mind, but nothing to relate it to.
Then I liked this https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0922A726/p1699533861392409?thread_ts=1699525850.980899&cid=C0922A726 explanation as well, which even if it’s not the case I would like to pretend like it is 😄
Maybe someone else has something else in mind.
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Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 1:02 PMYeah, we love this explanation, too 🙂 But both options are rather far away from the name's origin. To give you the first hint, the name's origin is similar to one of Kotlin.
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Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 1:15 PMI was looking for some Island 😄 Best I found on Google maps is https://maps.app.goo.gl/LywvH79ox1MFMEQb9 but doesn’t look like it 😄
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Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 1:31 PMThe direction is right 👍 The second hint you can find on the page with JetBrains' locations.
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Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 1:35 PM*AM*sterdam huideko*PER*straat 🥸
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Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 1:36 PMI’m trying my best here 😅
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Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 1:37 PMYou're doing great! It's much simpler, though 🙂 Let me think of the third hint... By the way, you can stop me at any point 🙂
Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 1:41 PMHere's the third hint: below is the fridge in one of JetBrains's offices that we filled to celebrate the announcement.
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Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 1:44 PMSooo, a Polish beer? I’ve never seen this one before 👀
Stylianos Gakis
11/09/2023, 1:44 PMDo they make it anywhere near your offices perhaps?
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Artem Khvastunov
11/09/2023, 6:19 PM@Stylianos Gakis Indeed, they do make it near by our office.
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Artem Khvastunov
11/10/2023, 8:41 AMBy the way, Amper isn't named after a beer 😉
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Stylianos Gakis
11/10/2023, 8:44 AMOh I thought that was it, that we found it 😳
Stylianos Gakis
11/10/2023, 8:46 AMWell, then it must be what the beer was named after instead. Doesn’t help that whenever I google for Amper I get results for Ampere, the electic current unit 😂
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Stylianos Gakis
11/10/2023, 8:48 AMAmper River 👀
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amper
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Artem Khvastunov
11/10/2023, 8:52 AMBingo!
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Stylianos Gakis
11/10/2023, 10:37 AMNice, so a River instead of an Island this time 😄
Is there also a proper way to pronounce this? I realized by now since no video was made I’ve never heard of anyone say it out loud 😄
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Artem Khvastunov
11/10/2023, 10:46 AMThe stress is on the first vowel: https://translate.google.com/?sl=de&text=amper
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