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[-] Redkey@programming.dev 124 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

How about that worst of both worlds, the tutorial where the author starts out writing as if their audience only barely knows what a computer is, gets fed up partway through, and vomits out the rest in a more obtuse and less complete form than they would've otherwise?

  1. Turn on your computer. Make sure you turn on the "PC" (the big box part) as well as the "monitor" (TV-like part).

  2. Once your computer is ready and you can see the desktop, open your web browser. This might be called "Chrome", "Safari", "Edge", or something else. It's the same program you open to use "the Google".

  3. In the little bar near the top of the window where you can write things, type "https://www.someboguswebsite.corn/download/getbogus.html" and press the Enter key.

  4. Download the software and unarchive it to a new directory in your borklaving software with the appropriate naming convention.

  5. Edit the init file to match your frooping setup.

  6. If you're using Fnerp then you might need to switch off autoglomping. Other suites need other settings.

  7. Use the thing. You know, the thing that makes the stuff work right. Whatever.

Congratulations! You're ready to go!

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 73 points 5 days ago

Sounds like typical Microsoft documentation to me. Explains in great detail what .NET is, where you can download it from, then jumps straight to the advanced topic they're covering without any of the intermediate knowledge covered or even linked to (but perhaps referred to only vaguely in passing as an acronym, again with no link, this time no link to what "TLA" is actually short for, so you're searching for it is fruitless as well).

[-] Thunderwolf@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

I think TLA means "Three Letter Acronym" in some circles. So like, DBA would be a TLA meaning "database administrator" for example. Didn't read the article to get the context though, so not sure if it fits

[-] Iunnrais@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Yes, TLA is a three letter acronym. A four letter acronym, on the other hand, is an ETLA, or “Enhanced Three Letter Acronym”. For advanced cases, you can get an EETLA (or XETLA) for Expanded/Extended Enhanced Three Letter Acronym.

Just so you know.

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