• estutweh
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    122 months ago

    How often do most people use § and ½ !? Is a dedicated key really necessary?

    • @Frostbeard@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I work as an engineer in an governmental capacity. Use § daily when writing letters citing legislation.

        • @timroerstroem@feddit.dk
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          42 months ago

          If your position as a civil servant involves official communication with companies, you’re going to need the § sign a lot on a daily basis, and the Nordic countries have basically always had large public sectors.

    • lime!
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      52 months ago

      § is common in meeting minutes and legal texts. dunno about ½ though

        • lime!
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          52 months ago

          i thought “in the context of which this keyboard layout is useful” was fairly implicit in this case

          • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍
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            22 months ago

            My point was more about it being common in meeting minutes. I can’t say I’ve ever seen it in use as such despite sitting through a decade’s worth of meetings, though I also don’t doubt that it’s used in certain specific contexts

            • lime!
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              22 months ago

              well here it’s used all the time. i’ve also sat through a decade’s worth of meetings, mainly as the secretary, and section signs are expected. last time i used it was in june.

    • Havatra
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      12 months ago

      I used to use one of them in my passwords - it usually works fine, until I’m met with a platform where this key doesn’t exist (damn you, Nintendo Switch!)