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How Tariffs Will Skyrocket Electronics Prices - IEEE Spectrum (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Unrelated, but ever since I was a child I've been hearing a comic-book villain scream when I read, "IEEE!"

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's pronounced "I triple E".

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

It's also quite unusual in that, as typically acronyms with four-or-more letters are spoken as a word.