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Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums

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On 2021-09-26 at 08:45, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, but 
>> without explaining what it meant -- those sites that you have to actually go 
>> to to find the meaning.  I skipped over those to find a hit that actually 
>> included the meaning, and the first (and next) one(s) I found were for FOAD, 
>> and I didn't notice the difference.  
> 
> Fascinating.  My first page results from Google were all of this form:
> 
>   What are long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAOD)?
>   https://www.faodinfocus.com › learn-about-lc-faod
>   LC-FAOD are rare, genetic metabolic disorders that prevent the body from breaking down long-chain fatty acids into energy during metabolism.
> 
> This is obviously wrong in this context.
> 
> The entire first page consisted solely of results like this, so I didn't
> even bother going to page 2.

When I tested (yesterday evening), I got the same result as you report.

I had never heard of this interpretation of the initialism before, and
am moderately surprised to see that Google considers it to be the
top-priority one.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> - 2021-09-24 13:50 +0200
  Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-09-24 15:30 +0200
  Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2021-09-24 16:20 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2021-09-24 20:00 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-24 20:00 +0200
      Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-24 21:40 +0200
        Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-24 21:50 +0200
        Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-09-24 23:00 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-09-24 20:10 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-09-24 21:50 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-09-24 23:40 +0200
  Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-09-24 17:00 +0200
  Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-09-24 20:30 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-24 23:40 +0200
      Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-09-25 04:40 +0200
      Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-25 15:10 +0200
        Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-09-25 16:10 +0200
          Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Jeremy Hendricks <jwh1981@gmail.com> - 2021-09-25 19:10 +0200
          Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-26 13:20 +0200
            Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Chuck Zmudzinski <brchuckz@netscape.net> - 2021-09-26 13:30 +0200
        Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-26 00:40 +0200
          Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-26 01:50 +0200
            Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-26 02:00 +0200
              Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-26 02:10 +0200
              Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-26 02:10 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-26 02:20 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-26 13:10 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-26 14:50 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-09-26 15:00 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-09-26 17:20 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-26 15:00 +0200
                Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-09-26 15:20 +0200
              Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-09-26 16:40 +0200
    Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name> - 2021-09-25 00:00 +0200
  Re: Privacy and defamation of character on Debian public forums Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2021-09-25 07:10 +0200

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