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Headlight and Indicators on the handlebar OR on the front panel of the Scooter that you drive?
There are 3 designs existing now:
Headlight and indicator lights both on the handle.
Headlight on the handle but indicator lights on the front panel.
Headlight and indicator lights both on the front ...
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3answers
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Why are AC adapters (wall warts) designed to block adjacent AC outlets?
The AC adapters for a lot of equipment seem to be specifically designed to block the AC outlets around it (this is in the US).
Is this a safety feature to minimize the power to that outlet or just ...
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What reason could Nintendo have had for putting the A and B buttons the wrong way round?
When Nintendo brought out it's first game system, the NES, it had a controller with four buttons:
Select
Start
A
B
However, somewhere, a designer, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the A and ...
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Is the label orientation on this product a message from the manufacturer?
I posted a question on the DIY SE site, and it was recommended that maybe a part of it would be better asked here.
Consider these two outlets:
The blue WR logo indicates that the outlet is ...
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9answers
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Why do alarm clocks not all come with 5/7 day alarms for the working week?
In all the advances in usability why do alarm clocks still wake us up on Saturday? Why not only Monday to Friday instead of being set every night?
Do we have to rely on our mobile phone if we want ...
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Traffic lights: “yellow” is progress, not state
When thinking about how (real-world) traffic lights work, I wonder if there is a more intuitive way to display the yellow light. The meaning of Green and Red are states:
Green: Ok, you can go!
Red: ...
