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Wouldn't it be cool if hackers talked to each other like truckers in their own language?


It's about 30 years out of date, but there used to be the Jargon File - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File


Tech people kind of do, we just dont notice it until trying to describe things to others.

I had some YouTube video on aanf they were benchmarking something, my wife was like "what does any of that mean?"

I realised that, yeah that last sentence was basically just nothing but abbreviations and acronyms. I understood it perfectly but from the outside it is total nonsense.

This isn't just a tech thing, this goes for almost all specialtys.


I always say GNU Image Manipulation Program because...well, reasons.


I always say "Bring out the Gimp".


I’m syncing on that but my time slice is closing for this clock cycle.


Buddy, I been trying to make a new Convoy happen for years. You got yer ears on?




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