orthonormal comments on A Problem with Abbreviations and Acronyms - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orthonormal 15 August 2011 05:52:32PM *  2 points [-]

IAWYC, but ISTM that it's not that much easier to type out the whole phrase when using computers, unless you've got a lot of custom macros going. And in the LCPW, context should be enough for acronyms, though naturally YMMV.

Essentially, YSITTBIDWTCIYSTEIWEWITTAW.

ETA: OK, that really doesn't work here, but I couldn't resist.

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