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hifumi
2016-08-09 14:09:31+00:00
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But those acronyms are vague and I had no idea what they were until you spelled them out.
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ams6110 | karma 28057 | avg karma 2.52
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2013-12-20 19:47:27
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You might want to spell it out because I have no idea what those acronyms mean.
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ChuckNorris89 | karma 16669 | avg karma 3.34
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2022-08-27 04:46:06
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I really have no idea what any of those acronyms mean.
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wellokpetejr | karma 23 | avg karma 0.85
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2022-01-16 10:33:50
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Am I the only one who doesn’t know any of these acronyms?
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lavezza | karma 111 | avg karma 2.22
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2021-07-21 15:36:03
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I was just kidding of course, but the idea of defined acronyms is interesting. Hover over an acronym and see the expanded text.
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jfkebwjsbx | karma 1123 | avg karma 1.3
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2020-02-29 15:51:45
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I have no clue about any of the acronyms yet I recognize all the names.
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stinos | karma 5798 | avg karma 2.46
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2020-11-08 08:20:00+00:00
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Can you enlighten people who have no idea what these acronyms mean?
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dos1 | karma 1332 | avg karma 8.02
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2012-07-03 00:19:14+00:00
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Could you maybe explain some of those acronyms you used?
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neallindsay | karma 582 | avg karma 3.34
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2023-01-17 21:07:41
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hah. I didn't even realize that I confused my acronyms.
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dmoy | karma 6315 | avg karma 2.91
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2017-09-28 00:01:23+00:00
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What do all those acronyms mean?
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lsaferite | karma 2440 | avg karma 1.56
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2023-09-06 14:05:27
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Thanks for the explanation. It's frustrating when people use acronyms and you don't know what they mean. Better to always be explicit on the first usage. I'm only marginal at following that ideal though.
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Buttons840 | karma 11523 | avg karma 3.97
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2019-08-19 16:56:16
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What do those acronyms mean?
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ams6110 | karma 28057 | avg karma 2.52
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2018-08-08 01:20:59+00:00
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You might want to spell out your acronyms on first use. I'm having to guess at what you're talking about.
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2023-03-11 17:38:52
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Yep you're right, bad acronyms will forever confuse me.
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noloqy | karma 185 | avg karma 2.8
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2013-09-09 11:39:04
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I just spent 5 minutes looking up what all the acronyms meant.
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wastewastewaste | karma 31 | avg karma 1.48
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2023-05-06 18:23:19
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not so expected after all if i can't figure out the acronym
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Bayart | karma 3538 | avg karma 2.6
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2022-01-21 12:54:43
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I know what one of those acronyms means.
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soared | karma 7083 | avg karma 2.82
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2017-06-29 18:42:01
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Yeah I could google it, but its common practice to spell out an acronym the first time you use it.
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kayson | karma 1551 | avg karma 3.95
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2023-05-17 09:21:22
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I figured I could use those acronyms since they were defined in the article
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dont__panic | karma 2533 | avg karma 3.9
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2022-05-27 09:09:10
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Thank you for clarifying this, all of the acronyms are difficult to reason about if you don't work with them every day.
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