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Re:Ask HN: Why do we capitalize letters? by noodle on Thursday December 11, 2008 @08:07PM (#395159)
i haven't done it in years, except in formal capacities. fewer keystrokes = more efficiency
Re:Ask HN: Why do we capitalize letters? by noodle on Thursday December 11, 2008 @11:18PM (#395338)
seriously? modded down? i wasn't kidding, i used to type with caps, but found that i typed faster without caps, as well as felt less RSI strain on my hands.

capitalization is a linguistic construct, and in english, it doesn't has as much of a purpose as it does in some other languages. its skippable.

Re:Ask HN: Why do we capitalize letters? by alphamule on Friday December 12, 2008 @08:44PM (#396374)
as have I, except I do capitalize the word "I", because I find that the lowercase "i" as first person pronoun is too twee. now that jerry yang has become the most prominent all-lower-case user, I fear that not wanting to be associated with the stink of failure will drive me out of the practice.