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Using "β" and "β " sign on internet text.
These are literally long press options on the "=" key.
A physical keyboard has entered the chat
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Tried long pressing the "=" key. My keyboard is now egalitarian.
Compose key gang
What about on desktop?
I hit the Compose key and then
=/givesβ, but I don't seem to be able to enterβ. For that and more obscure characters I'd open Emacs and runinsert-char.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.
Gee, how did I ever live without knowing that? Are you a mathematician?
Using mathematical symbols β mathematician
β ββ
Wait what O.o
!=
β½ is also important
Is itβ½
there is no more perfect symbol than the interrobang
Traditional chess literature has "!? = questionable move". Is this the same thing?
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.