[msla]

And here I thought it was about the company behind XEmacs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEmacs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Inc%2e

[waiseristy]

And here I was thinking about the automotive startup!

https://lucidmotors.com/

[clouddrover]

The Lucid Air is quite impressive:

https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-ai...

[thayne]

It is quite an overused name.

[082349872349872]

TIL it literally means "shiny", so if one wished to name a company or project after the new shiny, it would be something like Novum Lucidum?

(Incidentally, the "new idea manure spreader" is a thing.)

[sn41]

from lux, Latin for light. Similarly, lucent, pellucid, lucifer (light bearer).

[pjmlp]

That was my first thought as well.

[zeveb]

Same here, particularly with the latest release of GNU Emacs.