Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, for how dark you are

Re:Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, fo... by dotancohen on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:09AM (#29734448)

C is taken.

My then-four year old saw K&R on my desk, with the large C displayed prominently on the cover, and exclaimed "A book about Carbon!". Carbon is his nickname (his sisters are Hydrogen and Oxygen, guess what my internal nickname for the ex is).

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Re:Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, fo... by cookiengineer on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:46AM (#29734615)

So your nickname is Carboxylic acid?

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Re:Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, fo... by dotancohen on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:17AM (#29734787)

Don't let the kids hear this! They'll adopt it!

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Re:Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, fo... by cozzyd on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:25AM (#29734518)

Radon?

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Re:Scientists have created the darkness measure, D score, fo... by dotancohen on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:21AM (#29734810)

Radon would also be a good one!

Nitrogen is the remaining organic element - and in our language the word for nitrogen literally translates to "the choking one". Our words for Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen do describe the kid's personalities very well too - "the dirty one", "the watery one" (her name literally is "much water") and "the one who interferes with everything".

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