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luhn
9y ago
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No, the name is directly referencing the movie. It's a tongue-in-cheek and self-deprecating, much in the spirit of programming culture.
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rdiddly
9y ago
I wonder how many of its customers are too young to appreciate the reference or the irony. To them Soylent means one thing - this product. It'd be tricky to find out though, without spilling the beans. Kind of a quantum question in that way.
jcheng
9y ago
It's not, it's referencing the book that the (apparently very different) movie is loosely inspired by.
https://faq.soylent.com/hc/en-us/articles/201541809-Why-is-i...
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