Some Tactics for Writing in Public

Re:Some Tactics for Writing in Public by nurbel on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:47AM (#37035216)

and ping as well (learnt that from the mastodon thread)!

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Re:Some Tactics for Writing in Public by medler on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:56AM (#37035345)

Ping was originally named after sonar pings. Then later some guy came up with a weird acronym for a thing he did not invent. We don’t have to acknowledge it as a legitimate acronym. And as far as I can tell, the backronym is not a part of ping man pages, unlike with dig

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Re:Some Tactics for Writing in Public by ghaff on Monday August 07, 2023 @10:51AM (#37035258)

Never knew that although it seems like the acronym was contrived after the obvious "ping" (as in sonar) was coined.

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