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Re:Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video by janaagaard on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:30AM (#19253036)
But if you have to choose between '\*' and 'x', then 'x' might well be the best choice, no? :-)
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Re:Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video by rjeli on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @04:52AM (#19253111)
If they had used ‘x’ instead, I would be scouring the comment for where the variable had been introduced.
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Re:Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video by yesenadam on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @05:31AM (#19253258)
Ok, use 'x' and write "(note that 'x' means multiplication)" instead of "(note that \* means multiplication, there doesnt seem to be a way to escape an asterisk)". More legible and shorter and 'symbol is already used for the purpose' and..
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