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The fascinating origin story of the hashtag, pound sign, or whatever you call the # symbol

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/the-fascinating-origin-story-of-the-hashtag-pound-sign-or-whatever-you-call-the-symbol/

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The symbol with too many names...

https://youtu.be/dylEa-wpNUA?si=UMKSnR8Ac9zwczUJ

#Hash
#Hashtag
#PoundSign
#Octothorpe
#Sharp
#Number
#NumberSign
#Fence
#PigPen
#TicTacToe
#Square
#Grid
#Hex
#LibraPondo
#Raute
#Gatterzaun
#Gartenzaun
#Doppelkreuz
#Lattenzaun

Also, since I'm entirely solar powered, I know weird things, like:

Compiling Humility, our debugger, on my laptop costs 1,064 joules. That's a few seconds of sun on my array.

BRING THE PRs

#solar #rust #hashtag #poundsign

Maybe I’m sticking my head in the sand but the best thing I can say about twitter is I’m glad I deleted my account a few months back. It was and remains the #darkriver. #poundsign #ITM
@MoeFactz