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pyuser583 on Jan 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenAI scrapped a promise to disclose key document...

USA PATRIOT Act was an acronym, actual name was Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

kibibu on Jan 25, 2024 [–]

You think they came up with the long name and THEN were astonished to discover that it spells "PATRIOT"?

RespectYourself on Jan 25, 2024 | [–]

Yep. That's for sure a revisionist definition.

See also: "Digital Versatile Disc"

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