Dark Patterns https://www.darkpatterns.org/
“Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something. The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them.”
Hat tip to @rebutte
proposal: constructions such as "45 out of 10" or "-8 out of 10" do not merely represent hyperbole, but a reimagining of the scale from 0 to 10 as the scale of normalcy instead of the scale of possibility
instead of asking, "how cool is this compared to the coolest theoretically possible thing?", such phrasings ask, "how cool is this compared to what one would expect if something was supposed to be cool?" and express how far beyond that threshold the thing goes
Also by this logic: if someone gets a full-ride scholarship for, say, comp sci, then why are they not prohibited from creating a profitable startup and taking VC money?
"They get a full-ride to $good_school, that's payment enough"
Only the greatest of the greatest players get full-ride scholarships. The majority of 60 or so people on a college football team pay for their own schooling.
Re: Runes (Anglo-saxon)
In case you're curious as to what it says...I mean, one, if you have the spoons, learn anglo-saxon runes! They're fun! And learning any form of runes allows us to take them back from the nazis!
But, if you don't have the spoons or must know right now, it says "Runes belong to the people, nazi scum!"
Any of y'all know what's going on with this resistor? Brown black gold gold black is a bit unusual. From what I've found I'm pretty sure it's a 1 ohm resistor (±5%), but I'm unsure about that last black band. From what I've found, it's either the temp. coefficient, the reliability, or it's telling me it's a wirewound resistor. Given this is a generic 5V power supply, I *think* it's the last one, but can anyone confirm?
Well, I say in reverse. I passed 120VAC across it, so it would have definitely gone in reverse. And mind you, that 40V rating is repeating reverse voltage, so it can handle maybe 40VAC. If it's not broken, I'd be surprised.
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