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1. xnx · 1789919798 · focus · HN ↗

   2008 song about the Apple key by Hot Lava: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ts3tLs6xB1U" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=ts3tLs6xB1U

   1. domh · 1789928599 · focus · HN ↗

      Also Alt-J, whose logo Δ can be obtained by pressing alt+j on a Mac:

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alt-J" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Alt-J

      1. RugnirViking · 1789997271 · focus · HN ↗

         looking at the mac keyboard im typing on, there is no key called &quot;alt&quot;. There is one called option, and pressing opt+k gives me ∆.

         Wonder why that changed? (or if it did?)

         1. msephton · 1790006194 · focus · HN ↗

            Alt&#x2F;Opt&#x2F;⌥ label also depends on age&#x2F;region&#x2F;etc, as outlined in the blog post. You can see an example of a key with &quot;Alt&quot; in the second image of the post.

            Personally, I&#x27;m particularly fond of the &quot;electronic switch&quot; glyph ⌥ used to denote Option, which I first saw in the manual for classic Macintosh app: UltraPaint, 1990 by Deneba Systems, so dated around the beginning of Unicode.

            My early aluminium Apple A1243 2171 Wired Keyboard, British layout dated 2007, has it labelled with both Alt and ⌥. (BTW my keyboard is still going strong at 18 years old with only the shift key replaced after I wore it completely through.)

            1. RugnirViking · 1790014301 · focus · HN ↗

               Interesting. Wonder why its also shifted to opt&#x2F;alt + k instead of j

               1. msephton · 1790021948 · focus · HN ↗

                  Alt+J on my British layout gives ∆ so another regional thing. The band are British, so it figures.

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