Upvoted as one of the most HN comments I’ve ever seen.
I’m generally amused that a top thread for an N95 sterilization post is a Unicode discussion.
What’s the feminine ordinal indicator. I thought it was a degree sign because as a Portuguese speaker I’ve never noticed the feminine ordinal indicator as an easily accessible option. Are both easily accessible on the iOS keyboard?
U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR is ª, accessible via ⌥9 on macOS.
I just realized I have used the ordinal symbol many times when I should have used the degree sign. Why didn't someone tell me? Oh, I've been making an idiot out of myself.
That depends on the keyboard layout. On the Norwegian keyboard for example, ⌥⇧Q produces the degree symbol, whereas ⌥⇧8 produces U+007B LEFT CURLY BRACKET.
You totally blew my mind—I've been using the wrong one for years. Henceforth, ⌥⇧8. Thank you.