From: =?iso-8859-10?Q?=e6strid?=Feb 10

A - DNS Record
AA - Battery
AAA - Battery
AAAA - DNS Record

edit: originally by @kevin , inadvertently copied https://mastodon.km6g.us/@kevin/113724524588964200

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A - DNS record AA - battery AAA - battery AAAA - DNS record #DNS #Battery #Confusion

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Show threadkwayk42Feb 10

@astrid AAAA - Also a battery

9V batteries contain 6 AAAA batteries

Show threadSheldonFeb 10

@kwayk42 that little factoid about 9V batteries (usually) being nothing more than six AAAA batteries in a trench coat will never not be mind blowing to me.

@astrid

Show threadFrom: =?iso-8859-10?Q?=e6strid?=Feb 10
@sysop408 @kwayk42 yea ... not always
Show threadJörn NettingsmeierFeb 10
@astrid @sysop408 @kwayk42 More like, never?
Show threadSheldonFeb 10

@nettings I've taken one apart and I've seen it myself.

https://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/aaaa-cells-inside-a-9volt-battery.htm

@astrid @kwayk42

Inside a 9-Volt Battery

Here is what you will find inside a standard 9V battery... 6 AAAA wired in series!

Show threadJörn Nettingsmeier
@sysop408 @astrid @kwayk42 oh wow, TIL...
but seriously, packing cylinders like that should be illegal. This is basically maximising the amount of air you can sell to a customer.
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Show threadSheldonFeb 10

@nettings it's packed really tightly in there. The question I have is how it even makes sense economically to do that.

@astrid @kwayk42