[cmenge]

Things get really confusing when you also use SAP R/3, migrating it to S/4: "So the S/4 gets some of its data from R/3 via S3 and writes reports to R2 which are used for a consolidated view in R/3 as long as the analysis isn't migrated to S/4 which will get all data via S3."

[jedberg]

"Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P."

[memco]

Every time I hear an abundance of acronyms it makes think of this scene from Rocketman: https://youtu.be/ndj_dS4jImA?t=217

[ajdude]

After checking out the link, I went to view the comments but I accidentally opened up another HN thread. I thought that I was reading satire based on this link, until I realized it was a whole set of different acronyms for a different article in AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28790100

It took me a couple comments before that realization though.

[xaerise]

U.S.A. The land of acronyms...

[moooo99]

Trust me, it's not only the U.S.

Source: I'm from Germany

[dmitriid]

y'all have nothing on USSR and Russia.

There's even a small Twitter trend of posting "when you need English to navigate in Moscow". Se. e.g. https://demotos.ru/sites/default/files/caricatures/2019-10-3...

[cpursley]

Ха! With this exception, Russian metros actually have some of the best signage I've seen anywhere, even that Cyrillic is easy to follow.

[sam_goody]

One reason the there are no good TTS programs for Hebrew is the overwhelming prevalence of acronyms in modern Hebrew speech. (Another reason is that the potential market is relatively tiny.)

I remember feeling that in English, acronyms are barely used..

[ahpeeyem]

Ah yes, we call them BUAs

[Dyac]

Initialisms.

[kelnos]

Initialisms are a subset of acronyms; acronym is accurate here.

[Jedd]

> Initialisms are a subset of acronyms; acronym is accurate here.

I believe you have that inverted.

An abbreviation is a shortened version of a word or phrase, and encompasses both initialisms and acronyms. An initialism is pronounced one letter at a time.

Acronyms are a separate special case - an abbreviation that is pronounceable as a word unto itself.

[wizzwizz4]

> The broader sense of acronym inclusive of terms pronounced as the individual letters (such as "TNT") is sometimes criticized, but it is the term's original meaning[1] and is in common use.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym

[sundvor]

The DOA would like a word..

[sundvor]

(for the record that was the Department of Acronyms).

[inopinatus]

R.I.P.

[orliesaurus]

W.T.F. ...

[jeanloolz]

What the fuck does WTF means?

[inkyoto]

Thank you, good sir. I admire the sheer simplicity of your proposed solution and the wisdom contained in it.

Since my client is coming up on a SAP R/3 to S/4 transition, which is due to complete by 2027 (a real timeline), I have informed my dear colleague, a SAP enterprise architect, of a much simpler way forward that you have suggested. Sadly and disappointingly, my colleague architect has launched into rumbling and mumbling about the business transformation being more important than the technology transition. Outrageous and completely unheard of.

[alanbernstein]

This is all happening in Q4 at https://www.q2.com/, of course.