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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 40 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Using "≈" and "≠" sign on internet text.
These are literally long press options on the "=" key.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 70 points 4 months ago (3 children)

A physical keyboard has entered the chat

[–] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 60 points 4 months ago

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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 months ago

Tried long pressing the "=" key. My keyboard is now egalitarian.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Compose key gang

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What about on desktop?

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I hit the Compose key and then =/ gives ≠, but I don't seem to be able to enter ≈. For that and more obscure characters I'd open Emacs and run insert-char.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's just compose ~ ~ (tilde tilde). The compose key sequences are often the most logical thing you can think of. Emacs C-x 8 is good but you have to try and guess the unicode name of the character.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gee, how did I ever live without knowing that? Are you a mathematician?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Using mathematical symbols ≠ mathematician

[–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

≠≈∞

Wait what O.o

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

‽ is also important

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Is it‽

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Traditional chess literature has "!? = questionable move". Is this the same thing?

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's the interrobang. It literally means "?!" Like WTF?! But in one symbol. It mattered when "cost per letter" or typesetting spacing mattered. I still like it and use it often enough. As for chess, honestly, yeah, it could be used for that.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

there is no more perfect symbol than the interrobang