[bogwog]

> your device may have to reside CONUS for some of "tar"(-get), "bes"(-tbuy),

I have no idea what this means

[tchalla]

These initialisms, abbreviations and acronyms are getting out of hand.

[ironmagma]

These are the people who in real life say “Jan” instead of “January.”

[cassianoleal]

At least that can usually be understood from context. Acronyms and initialisms usually cannot unless you already know them.

[killjoywashere]

Sounds like most conversations I had with cybersecurity people until I learned about NIST 800s, FIPS, CNSS, STIGs, etc.

[gardenhedge]

This wouldn't make me blink.. Jan, Feb.. but if someone just said Mar for March I'd blink twice.

[lapetitejort]

How about Thu for Thursday?

[ironmagma]

Apr for April :P

[ihatepython]

And Jun for June?

[bloodyplonker22]

I literally just had a PM tell me "we will talk about that 'tom'". It left me confused for a few seconds. Is it really that hard to use a couple more syllables?

[hanche]

Prime Minister of what country?

[marginalia_nu]

Kinda reminding me of when you're autocompleting commands in a shell prompt.

[ineedasername]

“My name is not Tom”

[feet]

"Who tf is Tom?"

[sn41]

Apache Tomcat, a casual acquaintance of the local tomboy.

[divan]

And K instead of OK

[ARandomerDude]

And “OK” instead of “I understand, thank you.”

[MonkeyClub]

Still, “k” is infinitely better than a thumbs up.

[ovao]

Hmm, how so? A thumbs up is more bytes, and thus more poignant.

[divan]

No, I'm talking specifically about case of reducing two letters to one.

[fareesh]

OK is oll korrect

[tingletech]

okay

[jtsuken]

https://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1791

[svnpenn]

typical hacker news bullshit.

people forget that many acronyms are context sensitive and/or audience sensitive. they just assume everyone across the world has the same shared life experience that they do.

[eli]

Specifically the use of military jargon to describe consumer software

[awinder]

Many small time make big time

[1024core]

"CONUS" is short for "CONtinental United States"

[thepasswordis]

Where is this term popular? I have never, ever heard this term before.

[astura]

It's a US military term; I've never heard it outside of a military context, but it's super common within a military context.

[int_19h]

It shows up a lot outside of military contexts when flat rate shipping is involved - it's usually CONUS-only.

[numpad0]

For me(GP) it was this. Some of desk toys and electronics I'd considered were like that.

[MegaDeKay]

It is used in satellite communications as well to describe those beams that cover the continental US.

[Hnrobert42]

It’s popular with people who work for the USG. United States Government.

[Retr0id]

Sounds like it could be a USAF term

[ufo]

Wait, now we have another initialism :P

[ggsp]

United States Air Force, where initialisms enjoy a great deal of popularity

[some_random]

US domestic shipping?

[ethbr0]

As distinct from OCONUS. https://veteran.com/military-acronyms/

[s_dev]

Interesting to not see POTUS there.

[cassianoleal]

Or TOTOPOTUS! https://twitter.com/MarkDStrauss/status/1590026071059013633

[dfc]

It stands for Contiguous or Coterminous United States

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States

[Rexxar]

Is Alaska considered continental in this jargon ?

[dfc]

No. CONUS stands for Contiguous or Coterminous United States. Alaska is outside CONUS or OCONUS.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States

[dannyphantom]

Thank you

[2143]

CONUS (can't help but giggle) supposedly stands for Continental United States, as I learnt from a sibling comment here. First time I'm hearing that acronym.

Target is a supermarket chain in USA. I assume Bestbuy is also something like that.

In my browser (Firefox on Android) if I type "tar" it auto-suggests completing the url to "target.com". Useless to me because I'm nowhere close to USA and there's no Target in my country.

Speaking of which, maybe they should have a separate list of autocompletable sites based on the user's location. However, I'm not sure of the privacy implications of that.

[monkpit]

Continental US, I guess? Not sure why “continental” matters.

[devonallie]

Excludes Hawaii, and Alaska (+ all other non state islands/territories)

[mordechai9000]

Continental includes Alaska, as it's on the same continent, but contiguous does not.

[rsynnott]

I mean, _you'd think_, but: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/CONUS#Usage_notes

[marginalia_nu]

Except in Nebraska.

[gnubison]

Good thing this acronym distingui- oh.

[fortran77]

So that would be CONUS instead of CONUS?

[wink]

Never heard L48 though. Yet.

[pasquinelli]

i think they meant they're not sure why that would make a difference

[monkpit]

So you’re saying the bug doesn’t happen for Hawaiian iPhone users somehow?

[gameshot911]

Me either, but guessing: Contiguous United States

[raxxorraxor]

Most interesting comment on cone snails that I ever heard. Couldn't parse it either. Others said it means continental United States.

Would be quite the story if shitty adware causes crashes.

[bartvk]

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=CONUS

[MonkeyClub]

It’s “Continental United States”.