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Words often have one (or a few) largely agreed-upon definitions. Acronyms are often overloaded based on context, and are less likely to be known by a casual rea
by thomascgalvin 4y ago
Words often have one (or a few) largely agreed-upon definitions. Acronyms are often overloaded based on context, and are less likely to be known by a casual reader.
NASA probably doesn't need to be expanded, because even if you don't know that it's the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, you do know that they make the up-goers.
CD could mean a bunch of things, all context dependent. When it's paired with CI, it becomes easier to guess, but "Bob CD" doesn't tell me anything useful by itself.
- capableweb 4y agoIf the page just said "Bob CD" without elaborating, I'd agree. But it does go on to describe itself as a "CI Platform", having "Pipelines/Artifacts/Resources" and so on, so you can be pretty sure it's not talking about "compact discs" or whatever. By the way, how to you feel about "ycombinator.com" not really describing that it is just a startup accelerator and not about the lambda calculus combinator?
- thomascgalvin 4y agoThe very first text my eyes fell on when visiting ycombinator.com was: > Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. That is a great example of a landing page that actually tells you what's going on.
- capableweb 4y agoThat could apply to a cryptocurrency DAO as much as a startup accelerator. Why not just say how the funding works instead of masking it in that way?