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Slower but cooler (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

TIL someone trademarked it.

Really demonstrates how broken our trademark system is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What are they gonna do? Sue me for using it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

When I pushed him on whether he’d sue anyone over trademark infringement, he admitted it was possible but said he’d only take on large companies. “So kids drawing on their school books will be safe?” I asked.

“Of course!” he exclaimed. “The symbol is nothing without the people who draw it on their school books or tag it on their walls. All I hope to do is inspire people to draw the S and truly revel in its irreverence.”

You're good.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Whats the LaTeX code for that?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

\coolS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That doesn't work in my LaTeX renderer. :( Does it require any packages? (/lh)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

\require{howaboutdeeznuts}[urectum=none]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I know how hard it is to write {curly braces} by hand. This is terrrifying

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Once I started having to write "{ }" by hand for school (Calc 3 maybe? Infinite series?), I would just zone out in class practicing them because they always looked like trash.

I can say now, that years later, I can still write them very well. Calculus 3 on the other hand...