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reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:12 AM general

Select which of the following keys you use when typing.

Home & End keys4 votes · 8%
Delete key5 votes · 10%
Ctrl-Left & Ctrl-Right6 votes · 12%
Ctrl-Backspace5 votes · 10%
🤨 Numpad numbers5 votes · 10%
🤓 I use vim when possible0 votes · 0%
Backspace key12 votes · 24%
Left Shift12 votes · 24%
Right Shift2 votes · 4%

51 votes Multiple answers allowed Poll closed

reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:14 AM general

you only use left shift tiny?

TinyBomby Aug 5, 2026 11:15 AM general

I do not use the right shift

reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:16 AM general

I just found this out now writing the poll but apparently I use right shift to capitalize but left shift to select

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:20 AM general

Replying to reorruatrnte #toughbrook

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I dont use ctrl-right so i cannot vote that option even though i use ctrl-left

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:20 AM general

I also only use left shift

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:21 AM general

idk what ctrl-backspace does

reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:22 AM general

backspaces a whole word when supported (sometimes it isn't but vast majority of text edit fields do)

reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:23 AM general

only ctrl left is certainly a thing

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:24 AM general

right ctrl is too out of the way to use

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:24 AM general

which is the same issue with right shift

reorruatrnte Aug 5, 2026 11:25 AM general

oh that option means holding ctrl and using the arrow keys

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:25 AM general

oh i've literally never done that

Kribbles Aug 5, 2026 11:27 AM general

I do that, it shifts along one word at a time

Dialga Aug 5, 2026 11:27 AM general

idk how you even learn these hotkeys exist

Kribbles Aug 5, 2026 11:28 AM general

Shift+delete will delete one word as well

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 5, 2026 11:33 AM general

Ctrl+pgup/pgdn are the most useful imo

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 5, 2026 11:33 AM general

Moves up/down browser tabs and up/down folder directories

Lute Aug 5, 2026 11:53 AM general

I don't think I have ever even hit home or end and I don't even know what they do

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:02 PM general

As I said in vc,First time I ever recall hitting end was 3 days ago because I needed to do so to open a menu in ny pc98 emulator

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:02 PM general

Right shift I never use

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:03 PM general

you write latex without ever hitting end?

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:05 PM general

not that it has a magic use in latex, but getting to the end of a line quickly is just nice to do

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:06 PM general

I do not need to get to the end of a line that quickly

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:06 PM general

I also use it for shift-end to delete lines

Lute Aug 5, 2026 12:07 PM general

what is latex?

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:08 PM general

its a nice way to do typesetting for math-heavy writing

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:08 PM general

https://www.latex-project.org/

LaTeX - A document preparation system

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system; it includes features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.

www.latex-project.org

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:11 PM general

another interesting poll would be "who has ever used this key on purpose?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key?useskin=vector

Menu key

In computing, the menu key (≣ Menu), or application key, is a key with the primary function to launch a context menu with the keyboard rather than with the usual right-mouse button. It was previously found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards and was introduced in 1994, at the same time as the Windows logo key. The menu key was som...

en.wikipedia.org

Lute Aug 5, 2026 12:13 PM general

I don't even have that key

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:14 PM general

some keyboards leave it off because its not very useful

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 12:15 PM general

or you could ask who uses scroll lock, meaning are you an Excel power user?

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 12:17 PM general

I miss having a numpad, but id only use them for a single program.

Kribbles Aug 5, 2026 12:19 PM general

I use numpad for 2FA or typing in mh phone number/credit card number

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:24 PM general

Latex is the way you typeset if you are doing actual math in some way or another

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:25 PM general

most people who still use word, etc, have extensions to let you use latex/markdown stuff for equations

TinyBomby Aug 5, 2026 12:33 PM general

I've only ever used my numpad for fighting games

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 12:37 PM general

I've only ever used my numpad as hotkey binds for livesplit

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 12:37 PM general

Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby

I've only ever used my numpad for fighting games

Like to play or for when you have to visualize what 623 is? I hate numpad notation. I completely understand it and its purpose, but theres an extra step to visualizing it that I find annoying.

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:01 PM general

My day...... is ruined......

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:01 PM general

static.klipy.com

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:02 PM general

Just ask chat, im sure the collective minds here could answer almost anything

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:03 PM general

Alright Polar you are my first victim

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:03 PM general

Why aren't you playing the Long Wank with us like last night?

TinyBomby Aug 5, 2026 1:10 PM general

Replying to Polar_ #polar_

Like to play or for when you have to visualize what 623 is? I hate numpad notation. I completely understand it and its purpose, but theres an extra step to visualizing it that I find annoying.

to play

TinyBomby Aug 5, 2026 1:11 PM general

I actually used wasd and numpad, it's a perfectly viable way to play!

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:12 PM general

Replying to SyrenBell #syrenbell

Why aren't you playing the Long Wank with us like last night?

Government mandated irl friend time last night

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:12 PM general

Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby

I actually used wasd and numpad, it's a perfectly viable way to play!

I agree actually, its just a bit hitbox in my mind. Could probably get away with some fucked up binds like an extra up input n stuff

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:12 PM general

Polar sometimes you have to conform to society like a good little slave alright

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:13 PM general

I know a guy Polar

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:13 PM general

I can get you in....

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:13 PM general

for F....

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:13 PM general

static.klipy.com

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:14 PM general

Im just glad you didnt say goy, i can continue to trust you

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 1:14 PM general

I'm Pika, as the sign might say

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:15 PM general

Wait did Dolph fucking die

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:15 PM general

Did i forget

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 1:16 PM general

I don't think he died?

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:16 PM general

Dolf is permanently attached to his chair

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 1:16 PM general

he posted 3 days ago

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 1:16 PM general

he can't escape

Polar_ Aug 5, 2026 1:16 PM general

Ngl, I used a ph instead of an f on search, false alarm

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 5, 2026 1:17 PM general

lol

Dane Aug 5, 2026 3:21 PM general

Replying to SyrenBell #syrenbell

My day...... is ruined......

just remember that while you're left on read this is what grok is doing to other users

Dane Aug 5, 2026 3:21 PM general

TinyBomby Aug 5, 2026 3:21 PM general

. . .

SyrenBell Aug 5, 2026 3:26 PM general

media.tenor.com

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 11:17 PM general

https://youtu.be/RnfFC_LowtU

The Collatz Conjecture was FALSE (for 2.5 days in July) www.youtube.com

legorhin Aug 5, 2026 11:18 PM general

a fun way to expose software vulnerabilities

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 5, 2026 11:41 PM general

I've never used Lean, and am sort of surprised I've not given it's apparently been around since 2013/2014

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 5, 2026 11:44 PM general

Interested if you or any of the other PHDs here like it

Kribbles Aug 5, 2026 11:48 PM general

Lean?

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 5, 2026 11:50 PM general

purp

Kribbles Aug 6, 2026 12:02 AM general

Ah, Lean and Coq are similar, no, I never did rigorous math in my phd.

legorhin Aug 6, 2026 12:18 AM general

when I am using a computer to do math I'll use symbolic tools like mathematica

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 6, 2026 12:18 AM general

I have no idea what Lean is

TinyBomby Aug 6, 2026 12:19 AM general

I've not used it, but I do know Lean

Phijkchu_Pikachu Aug 6, 2026 12:19 AM general

I googled this, I have heard of this, but I have never used it

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 6, 2026 12:20 AM general

I feel like Coq came up once or twice in textbooks (also never used it)

Spooky Phijkchu Aug 6, 2026 12:20 AM general

but never Lean, and I definitely confused mathlib for matlib when looking up wtf it was at first

legorhin Aug 6, 2026 12:24 AM general

I was trying to figure out PySym last week but its so annoying. Everything I struggled for hours to make it do worked immediately in Mathics3

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