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  • 01284a7e14 minutes ago
    &quot;fusillades of acronyms&quot;...<p>Fusillades? No ten year old knows that word.
    • nemosaltat0 minutes ago
      Indeed, TFA isn’t exactly pellucid
    • rpdillon7 minutes ago
      The blog post isn&#x27;t directed at 10-year-olds. In fact, you&#x27;re pulling a phrase from a paragraph that&#x27;s describing exactly how you should not speak when talking to a 10-year-old.<p>&gt; The simplest constraint for anyone trying to explain a complex topic is to accept the request to “explain it to me like I’m 10 years old”. What’s packed into that request is, vividly exaggerated, the reminder that what seems obvious to an expert is often incomprehensible to the listener. Technical jargon and fusillades of acronyms are often used to convey an explanation that has been denuded of all the foundations and context that might allow it to make sense.
      • 01284a7e3 minutes ago
        My point stands. The author can&#x27;t explain explaining it like I&#x27;m ten like I&#x27;m ten.
    • rzzzt5 minutes ago
      It&#x27;s when multiple soldiers are ordered to fire their guns very quickly, either everyone at once or one after another.
    • ranger_danger8 minutes ago
      I don&#x27;t think the article itself was intended to be written for a 10-year-old to understand it.
      • nemosaltat1 minute ago
        Neither did the author<p>&gt; If you are reading this column you definitely aren’t a typical 10-year-old, but the image of the bewildered 10-year-old gives the expert an anchor to help them slow down and simplify [0]<p>[0] TFA