If I recall correctly. A hedge placed before a memory-based claim, signalling that the speaker is fairly sure but inviting correction if they've got the details wrong. Very common on Reddit, Discord and technical forums where precision matters.
IIRC the original Pixel shipped without a headphone jack, and people were furious.
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As far as I recall (or "as far as I remember"). Functionally identical to IIRC but slightly more common in British English and older forum posts. Used to flag that a factual claim is being made from memory and might be off.
As far as I know. A hedge used before a factual claim to signal that the speaker is reporting what they currently believe is true, but isn't willing to bet their reputation on it. Common in technical forums, Stack Overflow answers and Wikipedia talk pages, where it functions almost like a verbal footnote inviting correction.
(Internet slang, initialism) As far as I understand.
As far as I understand.