Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️

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@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt · Joined ⁨Apr⁩ ⁨2022⁩

Software engineer (C#, Kotlin, Golang, Java, Rust, Python), I really like housing, bikes, and nice communities 👩🏻‍🦰 ✡️ 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Lilah tov moon, lilah tov cow jumping over the moon 🌕 🐄

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Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

"When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken" 😬

Disposable vapes are also horrible for the environment, throwing away so much plastic, batteries, and electronics.

ucdavis.edu/news/disposable-e-

www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposable-e-cigarettes-more-toxic-traditional-cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes in different colors and shapesUC DavisDisposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional CigarettesThey may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For example, one of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨elithebearded@fed.qaz.red⁩

@elithebearded tech.lgbt/@LilahTovMoon/117320

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

@w8emv That's officially known as "square", but they note:

In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨lennby@laconic.social⁩

@lennby @Tourma I'm on team square, the official name of the key.

Though the ITU does note:

"In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used"

Using "octothorpe" is definitely a rebellion against the International Telecommunication Union

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨patpro@social.patpro.net⁩

@patpro My phone doesn't even have the tactile indicator on the number 5! Gotta buy a new phone!

ITU recommendation for a tactile identifier on the "5" button To assist blind and visually impaired people in identifying the dialling push-buttons and otherwise to facilitate dialling under low light conditions, it is recommended that the button with the "5" be marked with a tactile identifier so that the button can be identified by the sense of touch. The preferred locations of the tactile identifier are: – In the middle of the "5" button. – As near the middle of the "5" button as possible. – On the surface of the "5" button that is pressed when it is activated. It is recommended that the tactile identifier is positioned in such a way that it will not obscure the legibility of the marking on the "5" button (see Figure 5). It includes a figure of a "5" button with a raised tactile dot
ITU recommendation for a tactile identifier on the "5" button To assist blind and visually impaired people in identifying the dialling push-buttons and otherwise to facilitate dialling under low light conditions, it is recommended that the button with the "5" be marked with a tactile identifier so that the button can be identified by the sense of touch. The preferred locations of the tactile identifier are: – In the middle of the "5" button. – As near the middle of the "5" button as possible. – On the surface of the "5" button that is pressed when it is activated. It is recommended that the tactile identifier is positioned in such a way that it will not obscure the legibility of the marking on the "5" button (see Figure 5). It includes a figure of a "5" button with a raised tactile dot
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨w8emv@a2mi.social⁩

@w8emv That's officially known as "square", but they note:

In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨Tourma@tech.lgbt⁩

@Tourma Officially, it's called "square", but they note:

In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨Dangerous_beans@aus.social⁩

@Dangerous_beans There are so many great dashes!

- hyphen minus
﹣ small hyphen minus
－ full width hyphen minus
− minus sign
soft hyphen (yeah, there's an invisible hyphen)
‐ hyphen
‑ non-breaking hyphen
‒ figure dash
– en dash
— em dash
﹘ small em dash
― horizontal bar or quotation dash
⁓ swung dash (which is not a tilde)
⸚ hyphen with diaeresis
⸺ two em dash
⸻ three em dash
⹀ double hyphen (not an equal sign)
゠ katakana double hyphen
〰 wavy dash
︱ vertical em dash

The possibilities are endless! Well, finite, but way larger than you'd think.

Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt

Replying to @⁨xethos@mastodon.xethos.net⁩

@xethos Oh, it's still known as "star" in language. It's just the typographic symbol that's a sextile.

And the octothrope is meant to be known as "square", but they note:

In some countries an alternative term (e.g. "hash", "pound" or "number sign") may be necessary for this
purpose, particularly where the form in Figure 4 is commonly used

Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Square symbol with lines of equal length horizontal and vertical with overlaps at the ends
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree
Alternative square symbol with the vertical lines at an 80 degree angle rather than 90 degree