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Bookmark or Share- What does 'TL;DR' mean and how is it used?OMG (!). I ask about TLDR, and the answers involve AGAIC and YMMV. .IAMJGTPTHPOMATAOAARTOBP (= I am just going to pull the plug on myself, admit to advanced old age, and retire to bed permanently in case you didn't know that one (ICYDKTO)). –
- word usage - Can I use TL;DR in a formal email? - English Language ...I've seen the internet slang TL;DR many times in the internet, and as I can see people used it pretty much in the present day. Can I use it in a formal email to a client?
- Is there a Latin, or English, phrase or acronym for "in summary"?Wiktionary defines TLDR and various similar forms as “(Internet) too long; didn't read. Used to indicate that one didn't read the whole text or to indicate that what follows is a summary of the overly long text”. –
- Why does this abbreviation "tl;dr" have a punctuation mark in it?I am having trouble thinking of another phrase that does this. "tldr" just looks like a serial number or massive typo. "tl;dr" looks like it means something. Instead of wondering if the author made a mistake, you know it means something and are encouraged to ask what it means. The time it takes to add the ; is minimal: The key is one away from ...
- Number Synchronicity puzzles - Gambling and Probability - Probability ...I haven't fully digested it yet, but my TLDR takeaway is that if "impossible" is to be defined at all in probability, it only makes sense (in the context of probability theory) to say that any zero-probability event is impossible. The alternative—requiring the event to be an empty set of outcomes—leads to bad results.
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