A - DNS RecordAA - BatteryAAA - BatteryAAAA - DNS Record

[lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me]

@a1ba @astrid Which annoyingly isn't how it works for batteries (or sheets of paper, like A3 is bigger than A4).

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@leeloo ah! OK, now I've got the opposite question. If they're doing it like this because of the chemistry, how do the ones that don't use 6 AAAA batteries do it? Are they just making 6 flat cells packed into a rectangle instead of cylinders?

@mattdm @kwayk42

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@ruawhitepaw @astrid
B# and E#? Those keys are missing on my keyboard.

On the other hand, German speaking countries and areas that got their music theory from Germany tend to use H for the B key, so you can add musical note for H.

[mattdm@hachyderm.io]

@sysop408 @kwayk42

tl;dr The manufacturing process for making layers of things in rolls was already well-established for other things. Now even more so, so there's not any real incentive to retool for something else.

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@sysop408 @mattdm @kwayk42
Interesting question, the people who have taken those apart would know.

I'm pretty sure lead acid car batteries put plastic walls between the cells (that chemistry gives 2 volts, so also needs six cells for the 12 volts).

[a1ba@suya.place]

@lanodan
though paper sizes have some logic in them.

If you fold A3 you get A4.

@astrid

[lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me]

@a1ba @astrid Yeah, while if you fold an AAA battery you… explode I guess.

[causeofbsod@wetdry.world]

@astrid AAAA is also a battery, just not one commonly used. you are most likely to have handled them in packs of 6 inside 9-volt batteries (although not all 9-volt batteries are constructed like this)

[izzie@transgirl.cafe]

@astrid@infosec.exchange AAAA is also a battery, unfortunately

[paulatothepeople@climatejustice.social]

@astrid AAAAA - Edvard Munch painting

[zwol@masto.hackers.town]

@leeloo @sysop408 @mattdm @kwayk42 yeah, six flat cells. in another branch of the thread someone posted a photo: https://infosec.exchange/@astrid/116045181097859309

[realgene@hachyderm.io]

@astrid

Just a moment...

(www.digikey.com)

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@zwol @sysop408 @mattdm @kwayk42
Oh. I saw the photo, but didn't realise the stripes were cells

[daveography@yeg.bike]

@astrid

CNAME - Comes up occasionally in DNS
CWORD - Comes up frequently when someone breaks DNS

[thth@mastodon.social]

@astrid AAAAA Andouillettes
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_amicale_des_amateurs_d%27andouillette_authentique

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@leeloo that went over my head too.

[xavierlowmiller@hachyderm.io]

@astrid if A is so good how come they never made a B DNS Record?

[ruawhitepaw@chitter.xyz]

@leeloo @astrid On a piano, B# is the same as C, and E# is the same as F. But within music theory they are considered distinct notes, and can have different pitches in some contexts.

[kevin@mastodon.km6g.us]

@astrid I posted this originally, some credit would be nice.

[speaktrap@mastodon.com.pl]

@sysop408 @astrid @kwayk42 I learnt it when looking for batteries for MS Surface Pen. I searched throu all these stores until...