Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers
by randomswede on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:39AM
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And the "proof" used is an archaic term that means "test". The same word occurs in discussing alcohol strength ("100 proof") and in "proof standard" (the standard[1] that you use to compare against).
The German cognate would be "prüfen", the Swedish probably "pröva".
So, the exception tests the rule.
[1] And the standard is, of course, a reference exemplar of some sort.
Re:Google illegally underpaid thousands of workers
by Fnoord on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:09PM
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Yeah, or for example in Dutch 'scheikundeproef' or 'natuurkundeproef' which we did at high school: a test involving the laws of chemistry or physics respectively.
The German cognate would be "prüfen", the Swedish probably "pröva".
So, the exception tests the rule.
[1] And the standard is, of course, a reference exemplar of some sort.