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TFA means "the featured article", so in this case the "Why wordfreq will not be updated" link we're talking about.
by girvo 2y ago
TFA means "the featured article", so in this case the "Why wordfreq will not be updated" link we're talking about.
- adastra22 2y agoTo be pedantic, the F in TFA has the same meaning as the F in RTFM. It’s the same origin. On Slashdot (the HN of the early 00’s) people would admonish others to RTFA. Then they started using it as a referent: TFA was the thing you were supposed to have read.
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- girvo 2y agoOh that I'm aware of, but it's softened over time too haha I miss the old Atomic MPC forums in the ~00s.
- jnordwick 2y agoThe Fucking Article, from RTFA - Read the Fucking Article - and RTFM - Read the Fucking Manual/Manpage