SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agoWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the point of abbreviations for short words when they do not reduce times significantly when you type?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Are they not just from old habits stemming from old tech that had memory and space limitations and are no longer necessary?
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoJust to add to the fun confusing acronyms, in 3D printing circles, IPA is isopropyl alcohol, not beer (india pale ale)
minus-squareBougieBirdie@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIPA is also the International Phonetic Alphabet. I’m all for recycling, but sometimes it feels like it never ends.
Just to add to the fun confusing acronyms, in 3D printing circles, IPA is isopropyl alcohol, not beer (india pale ale)
IPA is also the International Phonetic Alphabet.
I’m all for recycling, but sometimes it feels like it never ends.