Re:2024 IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn
by dotancohen on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:32PM
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Serious question, with respect. What is your profession? I think that some acronyms, like NASA, need no explanation. In Vanity Fair I would expect IEEE to be explained, but not on HN. For what it's worth I don't work with hardware or electronics now am I an engineer nor do I live in the US. The IEEE is still a very well known acronym among my peers.
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Re:2024 IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn
by nine_k on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:46PM
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Maybe the point was that IEEE is a non-profit, so the award is about honor, not monetary amount.
Re:2024 IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn
by dotancohen on Friday January 26, 2024 @08:59PM
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Is that what 501 means? I think had such an explanation been the goal, then it could have been stated explicitly.
Though maybe in GP's field the term 501 is as commonly known as I think that IEEE is in mine. ))
Re:2024 IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn
by nine_k on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:16PM
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Yes, 501(c)(3) is an easily recognizable (for Americans) reference to a non-profit organization, named so after the section of the tax code.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/501c3-organizations.asp