Random Daily Banter

[briantrumpet]

Ctrl Alt +

I know that you're saying that that should give me superscript, but I can't make it work.

 

[Ian H]

I know that you're saying that that should give me superscript, but I can't make it work.

It varies by keyboard. Laptops are more limited. Strangely enough, an Android phone can do it: 10⁵⁷

 

[briantrumpet]

It varies by keyboard. Laptops are more limited. Strangely enough, an Android phone can do it: 10⁵⁷

It's not that I need superscript regularly (if at all), just that I like an elegant shortcut (especially if I can remember it).

 

[PurplePenguin]

It's not that I need superscript regularly (if at all), just that I like an elegant shortcut (especially if I can remember it).

In Word it is ctrl shift +

 

[briantrumpet]

In Word it is ctrl shift +

I don't use Word, though that highlights that it's a bit daft that there isn't an easily-accessed Windows shortcut — as there now is/are for en- and em-dashes in Windows — just different ones for different apps (Google, Word, etc.) My brain isn't good enough to retain a load of shortcuts that I only occasionally use.

Android is superior in that aspect (ditto iOS), in that a lot of symbols are easily accessed through the long-press function on the keyboard.

(Side note: I think there would be a good nerdy book to be written on the evolution of the long-press function, on everything from 'simple' power buttons on bike lights, to computing machines. It seems to be an almost universal thing to try now, if you're trying to access functionality without reading an instruction booklet.)

 

[Ian H]

Playing with the Swipe keyboard.
- _— - –♥♪∆

 

[Mr Celine]

I was stuck on last week's Observer crossword. 1 across "Committee member recalled enthralling viral content (4)".
I had R _ M _

This week's Observer -

Unfortunately, due to an editorial error, the clue for 1 across in last week's crossword was published incorrectly in print editions of the newspaper. It should have read: "Starters of rancid octopus given to every man in city on the Tiber (4)"

Worse than the Grauniad!

 

[Ian H]

I was stuck on last week's Observer crossword. 1 across "Committee member recalled enthralling viral content (4)".
I had R _ M _

This week's Observer -


Worse than the Grauniad!

Just a typo. I'm sure you could have worked it out.

 

[Ian H]

 

[briantrumpet]

Haha, NCAP rivals X.

 

[Beebo]

Haha, NCAP rivals X.

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Cycle Chat is well below LFGSS. I thought they had closed down.

 

[First Aspect]

Cycle Chat is well below LFGSS. I thought they had closed down.

We beat Bike Radar.

 

[Rusty Nails]

We beat Bike Radar.

Everybody beats Bike Radar!

 

[briantrumpet]

This does feel true. I was moved to write to Devon County Council by what feels like an interminable delay for cyclists/pedestrians at a very popular crossing during the daytime, but after about 7pm it changes immediately if there's no traffic coming. It's not as if the delay is co-ordinating with other lights – it's simply altering where the break in the stream of cars is, to the detriment of those who have to wait to cross.

 

[Pblakeney]

This does feel true. I was moved to write to Devon County Council by what feels like an interminable delay for cyclists/pedestrians at a very popular crossing during the daytime, but after about 7pm it changes immediately if there's no traffic coming. It's not as if the delay is co-ordinating with other lights – it's simply altering where the break in the stream of cars is, to the detriment of those who have to wait to cross.

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The original premise fails even on it's own message.
At best, people in cars are on their way to do important things, not doing important things. Cars are just the mode of transport choice.

PS - Yes, in our village the pedestrian crossing has a delay during business hours but is immediate outside of that. It is obviously by design.