Linux Fair DRM Scheduler Graduates Out Of The "RFC" Phase : linux@programming.dev

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

DRM here stands for Direct Rendering Manager, not intentionally broken software.

Hate when articles treat three-letter acronyms as obvious and unambiguous.

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[+] Feyd@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, buried at the end. Any style guide (or common sense) will tell you to expand an acronym the first time it comes up.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That one is not at all unclear to regular readers of phoronix. Would you expect them to spell out what a "GPU" is as well? No harm in explaining it for others, but don't blame the author.

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

DRM has a much more commonplace meaning that has also been a contentious topic for FOSS development.

I level the same complaint about online newspapers that cover local politics without bothering to specify where the hell they are. 'If you already knew then you'd plainly know.' Okay, what if I fucking don't? How does one divine this information? If I search for Greenville or Jackson County, is your podunk locale the first thing that comes up?

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

To be honest when I write formally I do. Everyone learns something for the first time at some point

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[–] technowizard22@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

That's a missleading acronymn