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• Frostbeard@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I used to used that all the time. Alt 167?

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    • timroerstroem@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “common” really depends on context

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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      • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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• LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finally, a keyboard for Sims!

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• Havatra@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!)

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