@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[electropict@mastodon.scot]

@sysop408 @Edent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Shift_key

See more of these at Typewriter Database:

https://typewriterdatabase.com/Caligraph.New+Century+No+5.47.bmys

[electropict@mastodon.scot]

@sysop408 @Edent

A Master Printer friend of mine who I worked with, after going out of business in about 2003, decided to learn computers, having trained on Linotype but never touched a typewriter. He was amazed by the shift key on a Mac keyboard. Also by the delete/backspace key. They are indeed luxuries. And all luxuries are perilous.

[ketumbra@infosec.exchange]

@Edent but no 0...Apparently having a 5/8 key was more useful? I guess this was related to use of shillings and whatnot rather than expressing prices in decimal.
Or Maybe they reused the O (or the o) 🤷🏼‍♂️

[phl@mastodon.social]

@ketumbra @Edent Note also the lack of 1 key

They were missing on most typewriters (even the more familiar shifted ones), and you'd type a small L (or if you're a bad person, a capital i), and a big o for the one and zero. In Courier they look kinda the same.

[floatingonion@cyberplace.social]

@Edent Neat shot. All the fraction keys!

Wonder why the lower case e-r-t are so worn compared to the rest?

[edent@mastodon.social]

@petebrown cheaper than new RAM for your laptop 😄

[theidofalan@hachyderm.io]

@Edent dedicated `@` for quick and easy email addresses

[natalyad@disabled.social]

@Edent I'm not even a typewriter nerd but I WANT one!

Also reminds me of how we'd do sign language fingerspelling to indicate case of the letters, we would sign upper-case higher-in-the-air so they were distinct. Especially useful when working in a case sensitive way. (That or just plug 2 keyboards in!)

[artbysarahsammis@socialbc.ca]

@Edent In the mid 1980s (85-86, thereabouts) there was a whole ad campaign featuring models / actresses working while wearing the new "shear" band-aid. I haven't been able to find a print version but there is a TV ad that's on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI2Iww0WaRQ

[xsk8rat@mastodon.world]

@Edent
They rolls their eyes when i try to discuss GW and his mystery solving turtle "Speedy".

[dan@mastodon.durrans.com]

@Edent “it works in my machine” is why we have docker in production.

[emily_s@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent "using 'it works on my machine' as an excuse" was literally one of the reasons you could be shot with a nerf gun at my old job.

https://github.com/makosteel/devrules

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I'm using Phanpy in my browser or as a PWA

[andreasthinks@fosstodon.org]

I quite like @openvibe which also integrates with Bluesky (though it can be a little janky). I also use @Fedilab, though not regularly.

[phrawzty@hachyderm.io]

@Edent
I use @apps and it handles quote posts

[edent@mastodon.social]

@aburka thanks. Does the PWA handle offline posting? I'll quite often queue a post to be sent while I'm out of Internet coverage.

[aburka@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I don't know the answer to this one

[kielkontrovers@norden.social]

@Edent did you check with the Schema.org validator, too? https://validator.schema.org/

[empeig@mastodon.social]

@Edent @aburka just tested on my phone. I got an error when trying to reply or create a new post while being offline

[stepan@f.cz]

@Edent @moshidon is great