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   Computer Nerd Kev to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: What Is The Point Of Dark Mode?   
   21 Feb 25 18:29:31   
   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On 21 Feb 2025 08:40:54 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you had black paper there's no white ink to print on it with.   
   >   
   > It literally took me less than 60 seconds to discover some sources of   
   > white ink.   
      
   They must really be more like paints. Ink dyes the paper - it's a   
   subtractive process, hence mix all the colours on an ink-jet   
   printer and you get black. Onto black paper, ink can only make the   
   black darker.   
      
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