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		logfromblammo on Feb 9, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacker Publishes Personal Info of 20,000 FBI Agent... I frequently use the tilde ('~') for this purpose. Others use "/s". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation Most of the marks historically used for insincerity or irony would fail today because they cannot be typed on any keyboards.

bcook on Feb 9, 2016 [–]

Hmm... I only (mis)use the tilda as an expression of uncertainty, like "~130Mbit".

dragonwriter on Feb 9, 2016 | [–]

That's not a misuse, indicating that a value is a loose approximation is a major use of the tilde.

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