Windows update was originally called “critical update notification tool”.
risky abbreviations
Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 months ago
felsiq@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Shame they changed it, I think it was kinda cute Microsoft named it after their execs
thegreatgarbo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ll just leave this reference on copper nanotubes right here.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
There was an empty box of these in my childhood home until my parents moved in the mid-00s.
They dulled your taste buds so food would be less tempting. They got fairly popular in the 70s after the US decided that maybe putting amphetamines in OTC diet pills wasn’t a great idea, and people were looking for other magic weightloss products.
Maalus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
South park had an episode about a guy who advocated to give people aides to help them with getting fit and organize their life. Except it sounded like the dude went around saying he wants to give aids to children
macarthur_park@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That guy was Jared, the Subway spokesperson. That episode aged poorly, or really presciently, depending on your perspective.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Lots of misunderstandings possible with this selection en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSAM
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is even better than the project I managed to name UTI before my manager noticed.
Zkuld@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I recently saw the THE as an abbreviation. Yes, THE. Terrible to read but made for funny sentences.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My mom used to work for a company whose acronym was ASS. Also her boss was cheap and didn’t want to pay for a sign that had the full name.
Yeap.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 10 months ago
technojamin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Correction, he should absolutely call it that.
Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Idk it seems like an apt description of a.i. and how it literally has spread into every tech.