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zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj

This is something what happens when you’ve already typed qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq or even qmwnebrvtcyxuzilokpjahsgdf and you can’t think of anything, so you spice it up a bit by starting from the first letter on the bottom row of letters on the keyboard and the last letter on the top row, then you press the second letter on the bottom row and the second-to-last letter on the top row, and soon.

A: “I’m bored.”
B: “Why?”
A: “zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj.”
B: “Oh, so you want to say that you can’t think of another great combination of alphabet letters or keys on the keyboard? I’m amazed.”

by bluestinger66 May 24, 2023

test mode

a secret mode hidden in an electronic device that allows a manufacturer to test the product before it gets sent to the consumer

To access the test mode for the Yamaha PSR-19, hold down the first two white keys on the right while powering the keyboard on. Each button plays a note from C in the third octave up to G in the fourth octave. The power switch triggers the drum pads.

by bluestinger66 June 13, 2023

deoxyribose

a sugar derived from ribose by replacement of a hydroxyl group by hydrogen

DNA is made of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder — a shape known as a double helix. Each strand has a backbone made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) or thymine (T).

by bluestinger66 February 25, 2023

ribose

a sugar of the pentose class which occurs widely in nature as a constituent of nucleosides and several vitamins and enzymes

RNA is made up of nucleotides, which are ribose sugars attached to nitrogenous bases and phosphate groups. The nitrogenous bases include adenine, guanine, uracil, and cytosine. RNA mostly exists in the single-stranded form, but there are special RNA viruses that are double-stranded.

by bluestinger66 February 25, 2023

virus

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host

Viruses are not made out of cells. A single virus particle is known as a virion, and is made up of a set of genes bundled within a protective protein shell called a capsid. Certain virus strains will have an extra membrane (lipid bilayer) surrounding it called an envelope.

by bluestinger66 February 26, 2023

ʻ

The turned comma, or ʻokina symbol

The Unicode name for ʻ is “Modifier Letter Turned Comma” and the character has a value 02BB.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023

ʻokina

A symbol that looks like a turned comma

The ʻokina symbol (ʻ) is used in the Hawaiian language to separate vowels from each other with a glottal stop.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023