Things that have bothered you for a long time.

[Chris S]

But surely they chose the tilde because it was available and not used for much. They could have used the ¬ symbol, or maybe ^, or possibly `. I used to be a C programmer and I rarely ever used the inversion operator. It's not that useful. What is the ~ symbol used for in normal writing? OTOH it is a nuisance not having access to the degree symbol when I want to write down a temperature or an angle. I know there are codes, but that usually means looking it up on the internet. Otherwise I have to bring up a character map utility or Word and select the insert symbol menu option, find the symbol and copy and paste it across.

The ~ is used in logic to denote 'not'.
It's widely used in C programming at the assembler level.
It's now also used in C++ and Java to denote class destructors.

 

[Yellow Fang]

The ~ is used in logic to denote 'not'.
It's widely used in C programming at the assembler level.
It's now also used in C++ and Java to denote class destructors.

Yes, but the designers of C, C++, Linux and Java decided to use ~ because it was available. It is a pity the degree symbol was not available instead, because that symbol is useful to people other than computer programmers. Anyway, since ~ is used for Linux, C, C++ and Java, keep it. What it ¬ used for? What is ` used for. The ^ symbol is not actually used for much. I think it was used in typewriters. I am aware ^ is used for XOR operations in C, but you really can get by without those, or maybe that symbol could be cut and pasted.

 

[Tim Hall]

Yes, but the designers of C, C++, Linux and Java decided to use ~ because it was available. It is a pity the degree symbol was not available instead, because that symbol is useful to people other than computer programmers. Anyway, since ~ is used for Linux, C, C++ and Java, keep it. What it ¬ used for? What is ` used for. The ^ symbol is not actually used for much. I think it was used in typewriters. I am aware ^ is used for XOR operations in C, but you really can get by without those, or maybe that symbol could be cut and pasted.

I use the ^ symbol to do superscript indices in email as I'm from an age when plain text was the thing for email and HTML or other formatting was the work of stan. It confuses the hell out of some of my colleagues though, even more so when I use a negative prefix.

 

[Lavender Rose]

How parent's think because they have a child they are entitled to do everything before everyone else.
Maybe this is bias, because I don't like children and I don't want them.

But it's like people at work will be queuing and if it's busy, they will get all stroppy saying that because they have a child they should go in front.

NOPE. Just because you made the mistake of having a child - do not force that on us! Or use your pushchair as a battering ram!!

 

[jefmcg]

The ^ symbol is not actually used for much. I

Also important to regular expressions

 

[jefmcg]

How parent's think because they have a child they are entitled to do everything before everyone else.

You can blame the airlines for that one

 

[TVC]

How parent's think because they have a child they are entitled to do everything before everyone else.
Maybe this is bias, because I don't like children and I don't want them.

But it's like people at work will be queuing and if it's busy, they will get all stroppy saying that because they have a child they should go in front.

NOPE. Just because you made the mistake of having a child - do not force that on us! Or use your pushchair as a battering ram!!

Apparently if you don't have children you are totally incapable of feeling compassion and also very selfish.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Also important to regular expressions

Qué?

 

[PaulSecteur]

People that smoke THEN complain about being skint.

 

[Paulus]

Why are some toilet roll sheets smaller than others?

 

[raleighnut]

People that smoke THEN complain about being skint.

People who used to smoke and now complain about people smoking outside pubs in the 'SMOKING AREA' just cos they want to sit at the benches. What's even worse are the ones with kids, they'll move the provided ashtrays from the benches whilst their brats run amok.

 

[Dirk]

1. Given the billions of phones with decent cameras on them and the availability of good quality, relatively cheap cameras and video cameras, why has no one ever taken a clear convincing photo or film of a UFO?

2. If UFOs are supposedly extra terrestrial, why do they always have navigation lights?

 

[pjd57]

The monarchy

 

[Tim Hall]

Why are some toilet roll sheets smaller than others?

You've got that wrong. The question is "why are some toilet roll sheets larger than others?"

 

[Lavender Rose]

Apparently if you don't have children you are totally incapable of feeling compassion and also very selfish.

I am not quite sure if you are calling ME selfish and unable to show compassion? I absolutely have no regrets of choosing not to have children. I have worked in retail and just life long enough to know that its just miserable. It's not the life I want - My uterus....my rules....I would rather it host sweet rave parties rather than a baby