swyx 1 day ago

because its easily googlable.

counter point - people are going to use them, better to expose newbies early and often and then everyone is better off

shorthands will always be in demand. we used to say “horseless carriage”, then “automobile”, then “car”. would you rather use Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation or just “laser”s? etc

in the new york times? sure, spell out observability. but on HN? come on. the term is 7 years old and is used all over the site. it’s earned it

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alpaca128 9 hours ago

Or we could use words that don't require people to use Google just to be able to read. A dependence on a search engine for reading text is unnecessary.

If you find typing tedious just use autocomplete or other tools instead of making it the readers' problem.

immibis 12 hours ago

no we drive to work in our h16e to set up the l47n

stalfosknight 20 hours ago

I've never seen it before.