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		dontlaugh 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new F... It’s certainly a matter of opinion. I dislike the UK layout, except on macs where it’s just about ok.

happymellon 4 months ago [–]

They hide # behind additional key combination, and expose §.

It's awful.

dontlaugh 4 months ago | [–]

# is in its proper place, if you grew up programming on a US-derived keyboard.

Some of the other changes aren’t great, I agree.

happymellon 4 months ago | | [–]

No its not.

Shift+3 does not give you #.

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