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Love it, I am here for exactly this sort of playful boundary nudging. "Wet mode" is such a fantastically awful name. Definitely make me think twice about turni

• awwaiid 1y ago
  You know... Because if you get them wet they multiply, per the documentaries
  • afcool83 1y ago
    …I read the whole article at OP’s link, many comments off this thread…I even clicked into the college course material in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44468452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44468452 …and not once did it occur to me why it was called “wet mode”…not once… …until your comment. Here! Take my “lived through the 80’s and 90’s” card.
    • awwaiid 1y ago
      Hm. I'll improve the documentation to make it slightly more obvious. When I add after_midnight with malicious compliance mode and bright_light() to freeze implementations then it should be more obvious.
      • afcool83 1y ago
        Nah, dude. It’s exactly the right amount of subtle that I found it a delight to discover. Making the joke too obvious undercuts it!