Unfortunately that is how the human body works. Our sleep/wake cycle can only naturally drift by about an hour a day. It isn’t entirely dependent on how you feel.
I was trying to ask a Spanish speaker if their cell phone battery store had D batteries. It was very confusing. They ended up calling someone (I assume their boss) who spoke English for me to ask.
Small cylinder batteries are just called “batteries” in English. If you mean the type that you can charge, we call those “rechargeable batteries”. People will infer that you mean the cylinders even though usb batteries are also rechargeable (I’d call that an “internal battery”).
I like the sound of accumulator more though. In English that word is usually reserved for hydraulics or electrical engineers
We also have accu in Dutch, but we mostly use that for more integrated rechargeable batteries I think. We use that term for car and phone batteries for example, but not usually for rechargeable AA batteries in your TV remote or whatever.
blessedly we just call batteries “batterier”, but the fun comes when you get into components where capacitors are “kondensatorer”, which even to natives just sounds like it’s supposed to get so cold that water condenses on it lmao
I don’t know that accumulators have to be rechargeable, just an object that collects (even if only at its initial charge) and stores energy.
It’s just not a term I hear often, and I thought it was interesting. I like also hearing about how other countries use the term, it’s enlightening. I didn’t realize that it is the primary term to refer to a battery in several countries.
I have worked in optical, that coating is the anti-reflective coating that is coming off. You cannot take that coating off. It is baked on. Harsh chemicals will destroy the plastic lenses. It just degrades and comes off after a while, generally if it is less than 2 years they should be under warranty.
I don’t think that’s the default material, I’ve been moving around the US since 95’ getting glasses in each state once a year when I was still on my parents insurance and every time I just get normal glass.
Lol I was in the business for 10 years. Cr39 or polycarbonate is the most common material. There is a high index, I forget what the material is, for higher prescriptions because you can get the material thinner. Glass isn’t very common, it’s more expensive, it’s heavy, it’s thicker, and it’s fragile. I’m not saying you don’t have glass, it’s just not the most common material. Very possible there was a notation made on your script by the optometristic telling the optician you need glass and that may be why you’ve had glass this whole time.
The really annoying thing is that these coatings used to be optional paid extras, and when I got some new lenses for the first time in almost a decade they quickly became blotchy and awful so I went back to get some more but this time with zero coatings.
Specsavers told me that’s wasn’t possible, that ALL lenses have these coatings now, it’s not even optional.
Glasses lenses used to last years and years, now they’re blotchy crap after only 3 or 4 years. Bloody ghets know what they’re doing. And ripping us off while they’re at it with their high prices £££
These coatings are optional extras you were lied to. They may put an anti scratch, but, an anti-reflective coating is optional. They may just make it a mandatory add on to boost their profits. The lenses I have are about 4 years old. They are scratched to shit because they are plastic, but, no coating coming off. They use plastic because it’s easier to make, cheaper for you and way lighter. You can request glass if you want. Glass gives you better clarity, better scratch resistance, but, if you drop them they could shatter. They will also be a lot thicker.
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