I try to keep up, but what happened to the tried-an-true define on first occurrence (DOFO) convention [I made that up] for readers who are interested but maybe not in your discipline?
Gemini assures me that BBN means Bottlebrush Network in the context of this post’s title... I have my doubts. Big Brother Naija (a Nigerian reality show), probably not. Bayesian Belief Network (in AI), maybe? Looks good. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in cosmology), Naa... Big Blue Nation (UK), nope... BBN Technologies (Raytheon)? ... "Bye Bye Now" ?
I’ll settle on Better Business Network (BBN) for now, read further in the post and see if it becomes more clear....
[Much later] Oh, I see in a note, that whatever BBN means it is the same, almost, as “Frontier Research Contractors” (FRCs). Got it!
I added a small statement in the first paragraph addressing this. Your comment reminded me to do so. Thank you. The context on why it wasn't there initially is that we are in the middle of a FreakTakes series entirely focused on BBNs. Most of the readers have heard me introduce the concept several times in recent weeks, so I kind of skipped passed it as most returning readers have context. But I went back and added a flag so that people who are curious can just click on it and dive in. Your comment helped me remember to do so.
Thanx for the posts! Much appreciated.
But... What means BBN?
I try to keep up, but what happened to the tried-an-true define on first occurrence (DOFO) convention [I made that up] for readers who are interested but maybe not in your discipline?
Gemini assures me that BBN means Bottlebrush Network in the context of this post’s title... I have my doubts. Big Brother Naija (a Nigerian reality show), probably not. Bayesian Belief Network (in AI), maybe? Looks good. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in cosmology), Naa... Big Blue Nation (UK), nope... BBN Technologies (Raytheon)? ... "Bye Bye Now" ?
I’ll settle on Better Business Network (BBN) for now, read further in the post and see if it becomes more clear....
[Much later] Oh, I see in a note, that whatever BBN means it is the same, almost, as “Frontier Research Contractors” (FRCs). Got it!
Cheers,
I added a small statement in the first paragraph addressing this. Your comment reminded me to do so. Thank you. The context on why it wasn't there initially is that we are in the middle of a FreakTakes series entirely focused on BBNs. Most of the readers have heard me introduce the concept several times in recent weeks, so I kind of skipped passed it as most returning readers have context. But I went back and added a flag so that people who are curious can just click on it and dive in. Your comment helped me remember to do so.