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koralatov
on Jan 21, 2013
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Why was '~' chosen to represent the home directory...
Same here. I do, however, hate that most keyboards have a `stepped' Caps Lock key, presumably to stop people accidentally activating it when they type an `a'. Thankfully, my laptop
doesn't
, and neither does my keyboard at home.
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