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

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मुक्त@lemmy.ml
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Using “≈” and “≠” sign on internet text.
These are literally long press options on the “=” key.

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JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
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A physical keyboard has entered the chat

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Old Jimmy Twodicks@sh.itjust.works
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onlooker@lemmy.ml
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Tried long pressing the “=” key. My keyboard is now egalitarian.

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communism@lemmy.ml
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Compose key gang

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konalt@lemmy.world
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What about on desktop?

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sping@lemmy.sdf.org
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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.

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leadore@lemmy.world
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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.

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Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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Gee, how did I ever live without knowing that? Are you a mathematician?

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JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
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Using mathematical symbols ≠ mathematician

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Freefall@lemmy.world
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‽ is also important

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Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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Is it‽

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मुक्त@lemmy.ml
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Traditional chess literature has “!? = questionable move”. Is this the same thing?

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Freefall@lemmy.world
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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.

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Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de
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there is no more perfect symbol than the interrobang

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Stitch0815@feddit.org
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≠≈∞

Wait what O.o

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Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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≡ϡ(∅∀∅)⊃

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stringere@sh.itjust.works
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!=

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