• germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Minor correction: that dude claims he killed bin Laden. Some of his comrades have publicly said that he only shot at bin Ladens corpse.

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    ill never be able to read a/b/o as alpha beta omega because I always think of blood types instead

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      Exactly. Write “α/β/ω” if you want it to be read correctly, or at least “A/B/Ω” (the A and B are Latin homoglyphs and everyone should know how to read/write/type the capital omega because of electrical resistance). Similarly, zero-crossing detection, three-letter acronyms etc. should be abbreviated with digits.

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        everyone should know how to read/write/type the capital omega because of electrical resistance

        https://xkcd.com/2501/

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            I concede that very few people bother to learn the sequence or create a keybinding to symbols used at school. You can copy/paste if you only need it rarely, or use a software symbol selector (its icon in Word and Sheets is literally Ω). However, every keyboard that has a searchable emoji picker should also index the rest of Unicode in my opinion.

            Custom keybindings I use the most are (in no particular order) πµΩαβγΔΣσ²³±√∞≤≥≠∈⋮⌀∙█⚠☢☣♥⚙✔✖❗←↑→↓·–ẞ, nbsp and hair space. There is also ☃ (Shift+AltGr+8) as an XKCD reference.

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                Thinnest Unicode whitespace. In my headcanon, the Czech language uses it as the preferred thousands separator (though some people prefer thin space, and most people just use space or nbsp) and I sometimes use it in German and English too because it’s unambiguous.

                Example uses:
                3 141 592 653.589
                s u b t l e   k e r n i n g

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                  That’s awesome! I had never heard of it. going to see if I can incorporate it in my daily use

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            This is America. We are taught as little as possible in school. I promise you less than 10% of teachers know how to make an omega symbol on a computer let alone know how to teach that to a kid who has only interacted with an iPhone.

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              Teachers use computers?

              My teachers didnt even know how to make a folder

              I thought the person i responded to was referring to drawing on paper

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              In my country until years after you are taught that you cant get optional classes

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              I took computer science class in Germany and currently study the same at university and I have no fucking clue what the code for Omega is and frankly I don’t think I should.

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        Alpha males are mostly harmless unless you ingest them. Beta males are more dangerous, but a layer of heavy clothing can usually protect against them. Gamma males are extremely dangerous and should not be approached, especially if you’re holding a flathead screwdriver 🪛

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      He’s not a pedophile. Those kids voted, they’re 18 or older. If he wanted to have consensual sex with them it would be nobody’s business but theirs. The problem here is that he’s talking about enslaving and raping them.

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        There’s some weird “-philia” for those that is totally obsessed with the 18-21 age group, even if it’s not illegal.

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          Well we had to pick an age where people are officially adults and allowed to make their own decisions, we picked 18 and that seems fair to me. A huge age gap is a bit weird but it’s none of my business legally or morally.

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    When the military brain washer scrub too hard they sometime make the brain smooth.

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    Dude needs to be on a watchlist. I’d make a bundy crack but the food comment is more dahmer

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    I’m kind of upset on how the asylum is being run. Let’s let the lunatics take over. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

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    Dude is just open minded, he picked up some cultural habits in Afghanistan. He is an enjoyer of Afghan pederasty called Bacha Bazi

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      They look like kids to me, not disparaging them at all, it’s just that I find it weird that his mind went to sex stuff