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This is American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) not Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, DARPA, ARPA-[E|H|I], etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym http

by jpm_sd 2y ago

This is American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) not Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, DARPA, ARPA-[E|H|I], etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym

ThinkBeat 2y ago
Thanks
DidYaWipe 2y ago
They seriously hijacked a well-known longstanding government acronym? Technically-ignorant legislators strike again.
- throwup238 2y ago
  At this point I doubt any of our legislators are actually writing*, or even reading the title of, any of these bills. They spend the vast majority of their time fundraising, either for themselves or their party. * I assume the Office of Legislative Counsel actually does that, when it’s not brought to the legislator by a lobbyist
  - DidYaWipe 2y ago
    Yep. Can you imagine showing up at your job totally ignorant of what you're implementing... and that's A-OK? Just realized that I likened Congress to Severance.
    - boilerupnc 2y ago
      Not far off. POTUS owns a few goats as a tax write off for Bedminster Golf Resort [0] [0]. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-goats_n_5d546ebce4b08385506719f1 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-goats_n_5d546ebce4...
- HumblyTossed 2y ago
  > Technically-ignorant legislators strike again. While fair point, look at how many non-technically-ignorant developers hijack common names for projects. It's a disease anyone can catch.
  - DidYaWipe 2y ago
    You are, of course, right. I mean... Amazon named their digital assistant after the best-known cinema camera in the industry. And VW named one of its cars after the last 30+ years of Canon cameras. Huh, my entire litany of two other examples involves cameras...
    - JohnnyLarue 2y ago
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- dboreham 2y ago
  Perhaps it's a cloaking device designed to make it Musk-resistant? I'm guessing he's familiar with the real ARPA.
neilv 2y ago
This is a bad name collision, given the domain (Internet). I saw the headline, and immediately thought "Huh, what's their angle? Surveillance?"
ape4 2y ago
Not the ARPAnet

by jpm_sd 2y ago

This is American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) not Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, DARPA, ARPA-[E|H|I], etc.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPA#Acronym

ThinkBeat 2y ago

Thanks

DidYaWipe 2y ago

They seriously hijacked a well-known longstanding government acronym? Technically-ignorant legislators strike again.

throwup238 2y ago
At this point I doubt any of our legislators are actually writing*, or even reading the title of, any of these bills. They spend the vast majority of their time fundraising, either for themselves or their party. * I assume the Office of Legislative Counsel actually does that, when it’s not brought to the legislator by a lobbyist
- DidYaWipe 2y ago
  Yep. Can you imagine showing up at your job totally ignorant of what you're implementing... and that's A-OK? Just realized that I likened Congress to Severance.
  - boilerupnc 2y ago
    Not far off. POTUS owns a few goats as a tax write off for Bedminster Golf Resort [0] [0]. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-goats_n_5d546ebce4b08385506719f1 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-goats_n_5d546ebce4...
HumblyTossed 2y ago
> Technically-ignorant legislators strike again. While fair point, look at how many non-technically-ignorant developers hijack common names for projects. It's a disease anyone can catch.
- DidYaWipe 2y ago
  You are, of course, right. I mean... Amazon named their digital assistant after the best-known cinema camera in the industry. And VW named one of its cars after the last 30+ years of Canon cameras. Huh, my entire litany of two other examples involves cameras...
  - JohnnyLarue 2y ago
    [dead]
dboreham 2y ago
Perhaps it's a cloaking device designed to make it Musk-resistant? I'm guessing he's familiar with the real ARPA.

neilv 2y ago

This is a bad name collision, given the domain (Internet). I saw the headline, and immediately thought "Huh, what's their angle? Surveillance?"

ape4 2y ago

Not the ARPAnet