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You know, if you feel the need to link to a post that is highly specific to a narrow field of technology, which uses a lot of unexplained terms, it would be pol

• DanBC 13y ago
  In general HN topics should be information dense and aimed at an advanced audience. Some use of a search engine is a good thing - it means I'm learning something new. I'd be happy to provide a glossary, but I risk being fantastically patronising. What in particular was difficult with this post? I ask because I meed to improve the clarity of my communication. Perhaps it was the alphabet soup of different manufacturers and users and devices? Or perhaps it was the lack of a very short introductory paragraph? Or the lack of expansion ofter first use of an initialism?
• leoedin 13y ago
  As far as I can see, the only unexplained acronym is "SoC". The first result on Google for that term is the wikipedia article explaining "System on a Chip". HN has always been for technical news. There is always some domain specific knowledge required in technical topics. Judging by the comments here though, it's obvious that the domain specific knowledge this article assumes (which isn't particularly great - not much more than a rudimental understanding of the components that make up a computer) overlaps with quite a number of HN readers. If you read an article that you don't understand, use it as a learning opportunity. The resources are at your fingertips!