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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by jraph on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:47PM (#27067534)
It's a zero, right? Easily verifiable by copy-pasting it in a Python or JavaScript interpreter.

It's pretty noticeable with the monospace font that used on my system because O is more like a circle and 0 is thinner. There is no slash, and it is fortunate because it could be mistaken with Ø otherwise.

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Re:Stack Overflow switches to system fonts on May 10, 2021 by jolmg on Thursday May 06, 2021 @03:19PM (#27067908)
> There is no slash, and it is fortunate because it could be mistaken with Ø otherwise.

Another option, like on my system, is that zeros have a dot in the middle.

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