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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~Also, giving anything the initials "DP" is weird and creepy as fuck, given that "DP" was already a well-established acronym in the porn industry years before DisplayPort was even conceptualized.~~

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

If you're going to forbid any 2-letter initialism because it might have naughty connotations, you're not going to be left with many options.

[-] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

person with the initials DP has left the chat crying

[-] antimidas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Given that there are engineers involved I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was deliberate. Trying to get potentially offensive or otherwise NSFW acronyms past marketing without them noticing is practically an industry-wide joke at this point, which is why they are so prevalent in the FOSS space. (no marketing staff to complain)

If that's true in this case, though, hats off to whoever managed to get it though to official commercial standards

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 1 year ago
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