Yeah, we quit using Frankenstein levers two centuries ago.

A Texan coworker of mine got his Norwegian citizenship last month, after first moving here well over a decade ago. First thing I did was to DM him “You forgot about the Alamo, didn’t you? 😢”

I use both spellings. Armour: The kind you wear. Armor: The kind you drive.

I have a 7.62x51 belt ammo box that I use for important documents. It’s easy to find, relatively disaster tolerant, and it has a carry handle.

WW1 too, I guess

“You did poorly, as punishment we’ll take away 10% of your capability” seems counterproductive.

Contractrix sounds like a supervillain

Yeah, translation føkkøp on my part.

Green olives for snacking, blue black olives for cooking. The other way around should be a crime.

Ermagerd

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As a non-native speaker I tend to mix the two. School taught me british spelling, internet taught me american. Colour is one of the words where I’ve always stuck with british spelling.

I always interpreted it as “break into ten pieces”

Varies with installation type, age, and scale, but one common approach is to daisy chain the breakers via rails that carry each phase. I couldn’t find a good picture, but basically the rails and breakers are standardized so that a row of breakers will line up with the-rail terminals, so when you connect the rail to the mains you’re good to go. On the output of the breaker it’s common to use cable ducts to keep everything nice and tidy.

EDIT: Found a picture:

Orange juice actually isn’t orange juice unless it comes from Orange County region of California. Otherwise it’s just non-sparkly lemonade.

People rip on US electricity standards all the time, from voltage, via frequency, to the NEMA plugs, and for good reasons. But the most disgusting thing about it all is this:

US breaker panels are fugly. Sure, they work just as well as those from the rest of the world, but they’re aesthetically displeasing.

Two representative pictures I found of an average panel just now;

US:

EU:

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

As long as he doesn’t hijack . I don’t care.

One
Rich
Asshole
Called
Larry
Ellison

On the flipside, one of my laptops as a “Hertz gold standard clean seal”-sticker on it.

Same as Tom Scott, except it starts with “Halluh” and ends with “Fly safe”