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~ Measuring the unseeable: Researchers probe proteins' 'dark energy' -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are the first to observe and measure the internal motion inside proteins, or its “dark energy.

Speedlinking 7/19/07 William Harryman 2007

He would feel and cry out to her, 'Let me tell you alone, if I must tell it, and _in the dark, in the dark_!' when he could not see the heart-breaking shame grow upon her face, nor see his own guilty face reflected in her eyes.

Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame Clyde Fitch 1887

Or when the substances are consumed _as solids_, then the spectral effects are reversed, and the lines that would be dark lines in the luminous colored spectrum become themselves luminous lines on the screen; but these lines hold the same relation in mathematical measurement, etc., as do the _dark_ lines in the colored spectrum.

Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World Various 1870

II. iii.309 (63,9) [To the dark house] The _dark house_ is a house made gloomy by discontent.

Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746

"Dark, dark, and dark-'* Despair swept away before tenderness.

The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

CindyLynn 5:58 pm: I would say Paranormal…also, some editors use the term dark fantasy that could also work.

Transcript: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Fiction « Coyote Con 2010

He met me halfway, his expression dark with curiosity.

Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006

He met me halfway, his expression dark with curiosity.

Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006

He met me halfway, his expression dark with curiosity.

Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006

He met me halfway, his expression dark with curiosity.

Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006

Think the aesthetic of Blair Waldorf, combined with the personality of Serena van der Woodsen, living out the tropes of a Jane Austen novel—a millennial version of what Gen Z now calls “dark academia.”

The “Scammer” and the Scammed Condé Nast 2023

Dark patterns are manipulative design tactics that steer people toward decisions they wouldn’t normally make, and these patterns often resemble charisma.

An Age of Hyperabundance | Laura Preston Subscribe 2024

Dark commercial patterns There is mounting concern that dark commercial patterns may cause substantial consumer detriment. These practices are commonly found in online user interfaces and steer, deceive, coerce, or manipulate consumers into making choices that often are not in their best interests. This report proposes a working definition of dark commercial patterns, sets out evidence of their prevalence, effectiveness and harms, and identifies possible policy and enforcement responses to assist consumer policy makers and authorities in addressing them. It also documents possible approaches that consumers and businesses may take to mitigate dark commercial patterns.

Dark commercial patterns OECD 2024

Participants examined several types of dark patterns, using descriptions of the practices as set out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(link is external). The potential dark patterns most often encountered during the review were sneaking practices, which involve hiding or delaying the disclosure of information that might affect a consumer’s purchase decision, and interface interference, techniques such as obscuring important information or preselecting options that frame information in a way that steers consumers toward making decisions more favorable for the business.

FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition 2024

Dark commercial patterns There is mounting concern that dark commercial patterns may cause substantial consumer detriment. These practices are commonly found in online user interfaces and steer, deceive, coerce, or manipulate consumers into making choices that often are not in their best interests. This report proposes a working definition of dark commercial patterns, sets out evidence of their prevalence, effectiveness and harms, and identifies possible policy and enforcement responses to assist consumer policy makers and authorities in addressing them. It also documents possible approaches that consumers and businesses may take to mitigate dark commercial patterns.

Dark commercial patterns OECD 2024

The Federal Trade Commission and two international consumer protection networks announced the results of a review of selected websites and apps that showed a large percentage of the websites and mobile apps examined may use dark patterns, digital design techniques that may manipulate consumers into buying products or services or giving up their privacy. These techniques can steer consumers to take actions they would not otherwise have taken.

FTC, ICPEN, GPEN Announce Results of Review of Use of Dark Patterns Affecting Subscription Services, Privacy Henry Liu, Director of the Bureau of Competition 2024