Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized in oven

Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by dionian on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:34PM (#22681494)

if you're on a Mac, you can use alt-0 for a degrees symbol too

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by saagarjha on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:39PM (#22681519)

That's actually U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR. You want U+00B0 DEGREE SIGN, which is ⌥⇧8.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by doctorhandshake on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @11:03PM (#22681604)

Upvoted as one of the most HN comments I’ve ever seen.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by divbzero on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @12:01AM (#22681835)

I’m generally amused that a top thread for an N95 sterilization post is a Unicode discussion.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by malandrew on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @02:13AM (#22682370)

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?

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by saagarjha on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @03:22AM (#22682618)

U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR is ª, accessible via ⌥9 on macOS.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by lone_haxx0r on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @04:01AM (#22682768)

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.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by hanche on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @11:13AM (#22685311)

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.

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Re:Stanford researchers confirm N95 masks can be sterilized ... by brian_cunnie on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @01:34PM (#22686705)

You totally blew my mind—I've been using the wrong one for years. Henceforth, ⌥⇧8. Thank you.

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