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   dan 💾 (billgoats@bitbang.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 09:01:10 JST dan 💾

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️
   • Marcin Wichary

   @thomasfuchs @mwichary *stares at Y and “ and @ placements*

   What’s the rest of this keyboard like‽

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     Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈 (recursive@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 09:06:33 JST Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Marcin Wichary
     • Patrick Johanneson 🚀

     @pjohanneson @thomasfuchs @mwichary I remember seeing an old mechanical typewriter as a kid and asking my parents "Where's the '1'?" As someone who knew these were semantically different things, having already typed a program or two into BASIC, I was kind of horrified by the answer

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     Patrick Johanneson 🚀 (pjohanneson@mstdn.ca)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 09:06:34 JST Patrick Johanneson 🚀

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Marcin Wichary

     @thomasfuchs @mwichary [pushes glasses up nose] super old keyboards didn't have a 1, you were supposed to use the lowercase l b/c they looked the same

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     Field Replaceable Unit (0x0ddc0ffee@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 09:27:08 JST Field Replaceable Unit

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Marcin Wichary

     @thomasfuchs @mwichary I don't think the Control/Caps Lock thing has much to do with being a keyboard nerd, but rather, those who've spent many years using a Unix layout keyboard, like a Sun Type 4 or 5, or any of numerous glass tty keyboards from a 20 year period.