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One of my pet peeves is people using the letter "u" to mean micro. Its a greek letter mu, "μ", and seeing as the entire thing is capitalised here, it could also

One of my pet peeves is people using the letter "u" to mean micro. Its a greek letter mu, "μ", and seeing as the entire thing is capitalised here, it could also be "Μ" (uppercase greek mu, not uppercase latin M)

ale42 3mo ago
The problem is that µ is usually hard to type (unless you have a Greek keyboard or a custom keyboard mapping). This said, although I tolerate stuff like "47 uF" in electronic schematics (also because legacy software didn't even allow the µ symbol), I definitely find horrible to see stuff like "us" instead of "µs" in an article.
- voidUpdate 3mo ago
  I just googled it to type my comment. And if you're using it enough to need quick access, you can do alt + 0181 on your numpad on a windows system
  - laveur 3mo ago
    And it's option-m on a Mac.
    - ale42 3mo ago
      Might be AltGr-m on Linux (didn't try).
  - wowczarek 3mo ago
    As a (very) frequent "µ" user (and several others like ± and Δ and °) I've had the alt codes memorised for ages but having recently, out of necessity and a bit of a nomad lifestyle, moved to a "tenkeyless" keyboard (the horror), I simply macroed it, but I find it refreshing that some keyboard layouts simply include it. I have an obscure pocket 8-bit with an even more obscure OS written in Sweden that also has µ.
  - ale42 3mo ago
    That's what I do, actually, although I use Alt+230 because I remember the code from CP437.
- Tuna-Fish 3mo ago
  ... that's weird. It's alt gr+ m on every recent finnish keyboard, apparently it's not on us ones?
  - ale42 3mo ago
    On which OS? On Windows, with the Swiss German layout AltGr+m does nothing. Probably the same on US ones.
    - Tuna-Fish 3mo ago
      All of them. And it's not just an os thing, it's usually printed in the bottom right corner of the M key, the same way € is in the corner of the E key.
      - voidUpdate 3mo ago
        Depends on your layout. My € is in the corner of my 4 key, and the only alt letters I get are accented vowels, ¦ and €. I use a UK English keyboard and windows

ale42 3mo ago

The problem is that µ is usually hard to type (unless you have a Greek keyboard or a custom keyboard mapping). This said, although I tolerate stuff like "47 uF" in electronic schematics (also because legacy software didn't even allow the µ symbol), I definitely find horrible to see stuff like "us" instead of "µs" in an article.

voidUpdate 3mo ago
I just googled it to type my comment. And if you're using it enough to need quick access, you can do alt + 0181 on your numpad on a windows system
- laveur 3mo ago
  And it's option-m on a Mac.
  - ale42 3mo ago
    Might be AltGr-m on Linux (didn't try).
- wowczarek 3mo ago
  As a (very) frequent "µ" user (and several others like ± and Δ and °) I've had the alt codes memorised for ages but having recently, out of necessity and a bit of a nomad lifestyle, moved to a "tenkeyless" keyboard (the horror), I simply macroed it, but I find it refreshing that some keyboard layouts simply include it. I have an obscure pocket 8-bit with an even more obscure OS written in Sweden that also has µ.
- ale42 3mo ago
  That's what I do, actually, although I use Alt+230 because I remember the code from CP437.
Tuna-Fish 3mo ago
... that's weird. It's alt gr+ m on every recent finnish keyboard, apparently it's not on us ones?
- ale42 3mo ago
  On which OS? On Windows, with the Swiss German layout AltGr+m does nothing. Probably the same on US ones.
  - Tuna-Fish 3mo ago
    All of them. And it's not just an os thing, it's usually printed in the bottom right corner of the M key, the same way € is in the corner of the E key.
    - voidUpdate 3mo ago
      Depends on your layout. My € is in the corner of my 4 key, and the only alt letters I get are accented vowels, ¦ and €. I use a UK English keyboard and windows