top | item 44219723

(no title)

hansjorg | 8 months ago

> CDC stands for Communications Device Class https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_communications_device_cl...

Why is this buried almost at the end of the article? Why even mention it at that point?

discuss

order

andix|8 months ago

Rule of thumb: Explain every abbreviation the first time it is used in an article or a meeting. Only really obvious things like USB or HTTP can be skipped.

stavros|8 months ago

Thank you, I decided to say "fuck it" and read the entire article mentally expanding it into "center for disease control devices", and I have no regrets.

kps|8 months ago

I doesn't surprise me that Android doesn't support any Ethernet hardware made by Control Data Corporation.

p0w3n3d|8 months ago

Colonial Defence Committee

bede|8 months ago

I assumed that the article must be about a frustrated CDC employee just trying to get internet access at work.