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Post #AtdkFA6r4Sq1emctbU by [email protected] |
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#ProTip: Always spell out acronyms at least once. Save your audience from guess… |
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Post #Ate4kiMHma9XwEAOps by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Gaming is terrible for this. You're just expected to know what … |
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Post #Ate4mOrlE37o3xh0Km by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer @troublewithwords Similarly, when explaining a thing, don’t do th… |
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Post #Ate4n7M5odX22mDqim by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer I guess there are maybe exceptions for acronyms or initialisms that… |
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Post #Ate4oM8yJnmwCNfxSa by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Some people also use lots of acronyms in their bio for their region… |
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Post #Ate4rwfEzbVcKkTrZw by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer we had a rule when writing engineering reports at my last job - the… |
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Post #Ate4rwqEKkIcspcdhw by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboer I use the same rule. It literally takes zero effort and a… |
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Post #Ate4s2aqwpZ2isTRZY by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer I feel this in my bones. |
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Post #Ate4sEo3XZFubIk9om by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Yes!!! |
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Post #Ate4vCPysPKM3utWq0 by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboerSome big companies now have internal glossary sites (like … |
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Post #Ate4vU8uyaNF2D39k0 by [email protected] |
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@octothorpe @jwildeboer Calling out literally all open source project documenta… |
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Post #Ate4vUGiVac1QOhNtg by [email protected] |
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@troublewithwords And a whole lot of advocacy.I've ... been having a recent… |
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Post #Ate4vpqwG742Moo6ls by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer "Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn&#… |
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Post #Ate4wiVD4bMZrM422S by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboer |
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Post #Ate4wz4tRhPhGesksa by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Nah, i prefer some CBT confusion |
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Post #Ate4yFp0g6eHUH3gae by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboer Also, writing it out in full does not mean "Once in … |
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Post #Ate51m6b6YFUTwxoGm by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer YOU have earned your place in clear-writing heaven, Jan! |
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Post #Ate52h7d7NwXJeswIC by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer thank you! In a similar vein: if someone asks a question in a one-t… |
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Post #Ate55Ln6smZM1nYNiS by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Eg did you mean Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or this antisep… |
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Post #Ate5BKuj3a6R2qyCau by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Hear, hear. I advise students and others to avoid using acronyms at… |
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Post #Ate5BXJyvVR3WesXcu by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer MFG!https://youtu.be/uUV3KvnvT-w |
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Post #Ate5BkkgzVWfBGTYZ6 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer in the 60s I learned that AI meant artificial insemination (specifi… |
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Post #Ate5Bkr4bmd7V3SeVk by [email protected] |
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@rogerparkinson Both end up creating a lot of B.S.@jwildeboer |
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Post #Ate5CPfoqWzO61VkA4 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer That’s what I learned in grade school! I hate that people don'… |
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Post #Ate5GMpBNf3OQ0mBGq by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer when someone is using a lot of undefined acronyms in a way that see… |
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Post #Ate5HkhM6VtOkdm90i by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer GN! |
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Post #Ate5IjKQgMnanCWCFE by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Love when there's a Mastodon post with someone honestly asking … |
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Post #Ate5K6b1eva1FHw9Pk by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboerI may or may not have opinions on this topic. 😜https://www.davema… |
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Post #Ate5LSqARPbSWZfQg4 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer And if you're using a lot of acronyms, please include an append… |
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Post #Ate5R1KXdUIYwOWXmS by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Last week I had a meeting with the head of my department, my team l… |
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Post #Ate5SlqWB233UqJbcG by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Yes!There is a nice LaTeX package for that, but I don't recall … |
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Post #Ate5SlxxjM0FrvnYDg by [email protected] |
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@toe https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/macros/latex/contrib/acronym/acronym.pdf@jw… |
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Post #Ate5ThC6xQBnMJr9ge by [email protected] |
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@troublewithwords @jwildeboer You feel me. |
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Post #Ate5WJZnE1OEygBM5g by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer when I was a young guy in my first engineering job I had a habit of… |
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Post #Ate5WepSCzOYtKfeuu by [email protected] |
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@troublewithwords @octothorpe I guess you mean "most technical documentati… |
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Post #Ate5WzVJL4lD0wPMw4 by [email protected] |
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@Scmbradley @jwildeboer I agree but the problem is what I think everyone knows … |
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Post #Ate5XGrumHwUry7A1o by [email protected] |
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@jacel Most especially if the discussion's being recorded or live-streamed,… |
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Post #Ate5YWEx717epiU97w by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Oh yes. Examples from my context: RDA, EZB, ICE |
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Post #Ate5ZlN6L6OQ3HtF1E by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer One great thing we have internally where I work is a system called … |
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Post #Ate5ajIDYO8ZtW4Bjk by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer I have worked with a few individuals who dropped acronyms like a po… |
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Post #Ate5c01cpQo04vuYLI by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer I was confused when I received this answer to one of my first pull … |
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Post #Ate5dYnT2A7GD727F2 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer SHIT - Save Hippos In Tanzania |
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Post #Ate5f39HfiESdPwq1I by [email protected] |
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@ottaross I did that at a big customer, where I was invited to meeting with the… |
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Post #Ate5gWwMOQYjJyboeG by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer And when creating something always check to see if its acronym migh… |
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Post #Ate5h8JhQcDHF4oTfE by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer I taught a similar rule to non-native speakers of English in an aca… |
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Post #Ate5m8IKwBJsccYlZw by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer It makes little sense to me why <acronym> tag is so underutil… |
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Post #Ate5od0diEGIScTK0u by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboer and then put all of those acronyms in one place, a glossa… |
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Post #Ate5onaoMb8bHhTLma by [email protected] |
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@octothorpe I'd written a somewhat longer version of this, beginning with &… |
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@piepants @jwildeboer When I was at uni it was an easy way to fail an essay... … |
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Post #Ate5r0j2VW7eatNM80 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer There's always some that are heavily loaded too, multiple uses.… |
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Post #Ate5rbw69vYM06lo7U by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer ha! Sounds about right. |
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Post #AtePwG9OaC44xuU3Rw by [email protected] |
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@piepants @jwildeboer Yeah, I've always done that. Trouble is when it's… |
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Post #AtgHp4o1x7uwR7TSrI by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer HTML5 has the abbr tag for labeling acronyms. It lets people hover … |
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Post #AtjE63GV7MbOEpVfE0 by [email protected] |
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@jwildeboer Oh yes. I was once at a conference and a speaker kept on about MSF … |
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@felichsdakatze @piepants @jwildeboer Good prof! |
