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If you keep calling it DB9 everybody knows what you're talking about. They don't think you're weird and they also don't waste time talking about terminology.
by andix 1y ago
If you keep calling it DB9 everybody knows what you're talking about. They don't think you're weird and they also don't waste time talking about terminology.
- OhMeadhbh 1y agoWords mean things. Especially in engineering disciplines. It's perfectly fine for a product manager to say "DB9", but the guy who has to order the part from a supplier will probably want to use the correct terminology. If there's a mistake, it's the supplier's fault.
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- orphea 1y ago> Words mean things. I struggle with someone I work with because of this :( They might as well call a DB9/DE9 a USB connector and expect everyone to understand them. They're both connectors after all, right?
- 9rx 1y ago> If you keep calling it DB9 everybody knows what you're talking about. But might question what your wiring has to do with a 2000s-era Aston Martin.
- andix 1y agoAI image generation can finally express what I picture when hearing Aston Martin DB9: https://chatgpt.com/s/m_6883b37e1fc881919e3af8f862aa7900 https://chatgpt.com/s/m_6883b37e1fc881919e3af8f862aa7900
- yonatan8070 1y ago"DE10 isn't real, it can't hurt you"
- raggles 1y agoAnd this reminds me of the time that my colleague put DB15 on a whole bunch of drawings, and we ended up with DA15 connectors instead of DE15. If I see DB9 on any drawing that comes across my desk, it will be corrected.