…I read the whole article at OP’s link, many comments off this thread…I even clicked into the college course material in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44468452 …and not once did it occur to me why it was called “wet mode”…not once…
…until your comment. Here! Take my “lived through the 80’s and 90’s” card.
…until your comment. Here! Take my “lived through the 80’s and 90’s” card.