2026-09-23 03:30 UTC
Nobody needs to hear this, but…
The "star" key on a telephone is actually a sextile ⚹ according to ITU recommendation E.161
Many smartphone dialers get this wrong and use an asterisk *, full-width asterisk ＊, or asterisk operator ∗
Replies (6)
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-09-23 05:04
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt as a Bell Atlantic kid, I now hear “sextile six nine” in the voice of James Earl Jones
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@Dangerous_beans@aus.social 2026-09-23 03:39
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt this is as bad as all the dashes (- – —)
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@catsalad@infosec.exchange 2026-09-23 06:42
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt I though the 'star' key was base after the backside of a cat? TIL 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣ *️⃣0️⃣#️⃣
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@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol 2026-09-23 03:37
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt oh that is good to know
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@rachaelspooky@cyberpunk.lol 2026-09-23 03:48
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt filed away in my brain along with octothorpe and obelus
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@xethos@mastodon.xethos.net 2026-09-23 03:54
@LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt > Nobody needs to hear this, but… Disagree, my life is better not having to say star and octothorpe Sextile and octothorpe is much better <3