# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 9
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/cjmntpq
On Acronyms... I was going to write a blog post on this, but decided I wouldn't, a Twt is enough, and who knows maybe it'll spark a Yarn π
Our industry (_the tech / information technology / software / whatever_) _really_ sucks at communicating. Especially when it comes to speaking and writing in "acronyms". God damnit, just stop it already π€¦ββοΈ Every time you start a new job anywhere, you have to learn a whole bunch of new 3-letter and 4-letter "words" and have to ask dumb questions like:
> Umm sorry, dumb question, wtf does XYZ mean?!
Eventually you get used to the new lingo, sure, but that's not the point. Why are we in tech so fucking lazy that we feel the need to speak (yes speak!) and write in 3-letter/4-letter "words"? Its almost as bad as these young whipper snappers (millennials? π€) exclaiming "LOLz" out-loud as if "Laughing out loud" suddenly got into the Oxford dictionary as a valid word you could speak! π³ </rant>
On Acronyms... I was going to write a blog post on this, but decided I wouldn't, a Twt is enough, and who knows maybe it'll spark a Yarn π
Our industry (_the tech / information technology / software / whatever_) _really_ sucks at communicating. Especially when it comes to speaking and writing in "acronyms". God damnit, just stop it already π€¦ββοΈ Every time you start a new job anywhere, you have to learn a whole bunch of new 3-letter and 4-letter "words" and have to ask dumb questions like:
> Umm sorry, dumb question, wtf does XYZ mean?!
Eventually you get used to the new lingo, sure, but that's not the point. Why are we in tech so fucking lazy that we feel the need to speak (yes speak!) and write in 3-letter/4-letter "words"? Its almost as bad as these young whipper snappers (millennials? π€) exclaiming "LOLz" out-loud as if "Laughing out loud" suddenly got into the Oxford dictionary as a valid word you could speak! π³ </rant>
@prologic and not only in engineering.
Today I had a surprise conference from the National Electoral Institute and the presentation was full or Acronyms. Tha target was students which obviously don't know what a GTFO is... π
I think companies use them as a Branding. Instead of the Deployment process use OSDEAIDS, a.k.a. Our Super Duper Extreme And Improved Deployment System.
I know they save time, but have a deep learning curve π
@prologic The worst that happened to me, other than having to remember what they means internally, is like recently when my company worked on a joint project with other two with a newbie manager handling everything, it was hell as nobody knew their specific acronyms and also messed up a couple of tasks altogether because of that.
They should be banned in general, they just hinder productivity and human comprehension.
@eaplmx I'm not convinced they save time so so π if you have to keep asking what the meaning of an acronym is, then it consumes even more time π€£
@eaplmx I'm not convinced they save time so so π if you have to keep asking what the meaning of an acronym is, then it consumes even more time π€£
@prologic GNU's Not Unix, Not Unix, Not Unix, Not Unix, Not Unix, Not Unix, β¦can't finish itβ¦, Image Manipulation Program.
The same goes with random code names, they're even sillier than abbreviations in my opinion. At work even teams give them super random names, so you've not having even the slightest chance of guessing what they do or whom to contact if a problem arises. Luckily, my direct work mates also hate this shit and we just call us after our component. Sometimes I think unrelated team names are just in place to avoid having to support their broken rubbish. If nobody finds you, you're not bothered.
If there's a glossary, it's not too, too bad. You'll learn the abbreviations eventually. But it's just normal and like everywhere. Every trade has its technical terms and that also includes abbreviations. They need to be chosen carefully, though.