• Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I mean, basic writing classes tell you to say the entire acronym the first time you use it. But I guess we don’t do education anymore 🤷

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      4 hours ago

      Not when the target is expected to know that. Spelling it out is for when the reader might not know.

    • setsubyou@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Tbf the company doesn’t seem to spell out jialichuang or printed circuit board on their web site either, so maybe the author didn’t know.