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HN seems guilty of frequently using obscure acronyms. Is this an SV culture thing? Is it that hard to type things out or use a text-expanding app?
by jiggunjer 6y ago
HN seems guilty of frequently using obscure acronyms. Is this an SV culture thing? Is it that hard to type things out or use a text-expanding app?
- 1_player 6y agoAs far as I know it's an American cultural thing to use an acronym whenever possible.
- jjgreen 6y agoParticularly military-sounding ones for some reason, MILACS perhaps.
- dredmorbius 6y agoPeople deeply immersed in some technical niche or subculture tend to use acronymms and other jargon unconsciously. That said, unexplained acronyms (I also wondered and found no likely definition in a DDG search) are an exceeding poor communication practice.
- thiagocsf 6y agoWhat’s SV? (seriously)
- jml7c5 6y agoSilicon Valley.