• donnachaidh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Nah, nah, it was the International Phonetic Alphabet. Can’t have something like that on the 'murican internet.

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        Nah, it was definitely meant to mean the Ion Probe Analysis, a technique that uses a focused beam of hydrogen ions to to probe the surface of a material to measure its elemental composition and isotopic ratios.

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      Changing a beer to an IPA is actually a pretty good analogy, according to this beer lover who doesn’t like overly hoppy ones…

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          Well, to each their own, I guess 🤷

          To me, it tastes like if elderberries and pine needles were able to defecate, they did so in the same bucket and then a ferret pissed in it 😛