# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/285 "2023-03-07T21:39:55Z")
And if that works, we can try with 2 intervening posts. oh… ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/286 "2023-03-07T23:33:20Z")
This is reply to original post by manually selecting it. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/287 "2023-03-07T23:36:46Z")
So if you start a reply, and then go back to the original post and press its reply button, Discourse handles it differently than replying to the original post or replying to the thread. It’d be so much better if each post simply showed which post it was a reply to. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/288 "2023-03-10T21:11:38Z")
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/289 "2023-03-13T00:50:33Z")
testing the posting of a link to an online chess game. > **[Chess Board Editor - Apronus.com](https://www.apronus.com/chess/pgnviewer/?m=e4_Nf6_e5_Nd5_c4_Nb6_d4_d6_exd6_cxd6_Nc3_g6_Be3_Bg7_Bd3_O-O_Nge2_Nc6_Rc1_Nb4_b3_Nxd3*_Qxd3_d5_c5_Bf5_Qd2_Nc8_O-O_Re8_Ng3_Be6_Bh6_Bh8_h4_a6_Nce2_Na7_Nh5_Nc6_Nhf4_Qd7_h5_Bf5_Rfe1_Rad8_hxg6_hxg6_Nh3_Bxh3_gxh3_Qxh3_Rc3_Qh4_Bg5_Qh7_Kg2_Qg7_Rh1_f6_Bh6_Qf7_Nf4_Nxd4_Nxg6_Nf5_Nxh8_Kxh8_Bg7*_Kxg7_Rg3*_Qg6_Rxg6*_Kxg6_Qf4_Rg8_Kf1_e6_Rg1*_Kf7_Qc7*_Ne7_Rxg8_Rxg8_Qxb7_Rc8_b4_Rc6_a4_e5_b5_axb5_Qxb5_d4_a5_d3_Qc4*_Ke8_Qxd3_Rxc5_a6_Nd5_Qa3_Rc8_a7_Nc7_Qc5_Kd7_Qb6_Rf8_Qb4_Rc8_Qg4*_Kd8_Qg7_Ne8_Qf7_Nc7_Qxf6*_Kd7_Qf5*_Kd8_Qxe5_Kd7_Qf5*_Kd8_f4_Ra8_Qa5_Kd7_Qb6_Re8_f5_Rc8_f6_Rf8_Kg2_Rg8*_Kf3_Rf8_Kg4_Rg8*_Kf5_Rf8_Qd4*_Kc6_Qc4*_Kd7_f7_Ne8_Qe6*&n=0)** > > Chess Board Editor; Play Chess Against Computer from any set up position. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/290 "2023-03-13T01:15:00Z")
Trying a mid-game diagram > **[Chess Board Editor - Apronus.com](https://www.apronus.com/chess/pgnviewer/?m=e4_Nf6_e5_Nd5_c4_Nb6_d4_d6_exd6_cxd6_Nc3_g6_Be3_Bg7_Bd3_O-O_Nge2_Nc6_Rc1_Nb4_b3_Nxd3*_Qxd3_d5_c5_Bf5_Qd2_Nc8_O-O_Re8_Ng3_Be6_Bh6_Bh8_h4_a6_Nce2_Na7_Nh5_Nc6_Nhf4_Qd7_h5_Bf5_Rfe1_Rad8_hxg6_hxg6_Nh3_Bxh3_gxh3_Qxh3_Rc3_Qh4_Bg5_Qh7_Kg2_Qg7_Rh1_f6_Bh6_Qf7_Nf4_Nxd4_Nxg6_Nf5_Nxh8_Kxh8_Bg7*_Kxg7_Rg3*_Qg6_Rxg6*_Kxg6_Qf4_Rg8_Kf1_e6_Rg1*_Kf7_Qc7*_Ne7_Rxg8_Rxg8_Qxb7_Rc8_b4_Rc6_a4_e5_b5_axb5_Qxb5_d4_a5_d3_Qc4*_Ke8_Qxd3_Rxc5_a6_Nd5_Qa3_Rc8_a7_Nc7_Qc5_Kd7_Qb6_Rf8_Qb4_Rc8_Qg4*_Kd8_Qg7_Ne8_Qf7_Nc7_Qxf6*_Kd7_Qf5*_Kd8_Qxe5_Kd7_Qf5*_Kd8_f4_Ra8_Qa5_Kd7_Qb6_Re8_f5_Rc8_f6_Rf8_Kg2_Rg8*_Kf3_Rf8_Kg4_Rg8*_Kf5_Rf8_Qd4*_Kc6_Qc4*_Kd7_f7_Ne8_Qe6*&n=48)** > > Chess Board Editor; Play Chess Against Computer from any set up position. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/291 "2023-03-13T12:12:26Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/292 "2023-03-13T15:07:06Z")
How can I get the URL to display in-line here, and not the imgur album’s name? It is for this album, [Lights on the San Francisco Bay Bridge — alas, no more… - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl). I tried using a leading backslash, like here \https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl but I don’t want to see that backslash, just the URL. With two leading backslashes this is what I get, \[Lights on the San Francisco Bay Bridge — alas, no more… - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl) Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/293 "2023-03-13T16:12:24Z")
Press the link button, and enter the URL as both the URL and the Optional Title. Kinda clunky but it seems to work. Testing [https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl](https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/294 "2023-03-13T16:20:12Z")
[https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl](https://imgur.com/gallery/ud5Ncgl) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/295 "2023-03-13T16:20:25Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/296 "2023-03-13T22:30:23Z")
Test strange characters 🧑🏽‍🍳 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/297 "2023-03-13T23:42:30Z")
With strange characters, remember that what your audience sees depends on what fonts are installed on their device. Which you cannot know in advance or influence. E.g. on my Win10 PC with Microsoft Edge browser I see first a weird backwards “6”-like character with the slash on its riser, then a thin-walled box meaning “This computer has no symbol to display this character code”, a typographic “section” symbol, another box, another slashed backwards 6, two more boxes, a “1/2” ligature, a lowercase “a” with circumflex accent, two more boxes, another slashed backwards 6, two more boxes, and a superscript “3”. The same page on my Android mobile device with Google’s Chrome browser shows the same symbols although the “no symbol available” box isn’t just a simple outline; it also has diagonal lines connecting the corners. And the PC’s box is maybe 80% as wide as it is tall, whereas the Android’s box is half as wide as it is tall. Somebody on a different device or with different languages installed might see even more or different symbols than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/298 "2023-03-14T00:35:20Z")
I’ll try these, from my phone. MISC CHARS 👍 😜 ☺ 😀 😁 🥵🌞 ☠ ◆ ❤ 🔴 🟨 🔵 ⚫ ✅ ❌ 1½ ● °º 90° 45º ½mv² 5½ days, 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs brought life-saving diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles along the Iditarod trail to Nome ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ 🔴 ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ 🔴 ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ 🔴 🟨 ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ 🔴 ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ 🔴 ⬛ 🟨 ⬛ ✅ 🟨 🔵 ❌ ◆ ● ➤ ➜ % ‰ ↉ ½ ⅓ ¼ ⅕ ⅙ ⅐ ⅛ ⅑ ⅒ ⅔ ⅖ ¾ ⅗ ⅜ ⅘ ⅚ ⅝ ⅞ ₀ ₁ ₂ ¹ ² ³ (x₀,y₀) (x₁,y₁) (x₂,y₂) A lemniscate, ∞, is a hippopede — a plane curve determined by (x² + y²)² = cx² + dy², where c \> d \> 0. Hippopedes are symmetric with respect to both the x and y axes. RTMJ² M J₁ J₂ MJ² $ ¢; mi² ft² ft³ (- – — -hyphen, –en dash, —em dash) ¯ \_ ¯ \_ ¯ {… …} ➜ ⇨ ➞ ⇒ → ↔ ← ⇈ ↑ ↗ ↘ ↓ ⇊ ⇌ ⇔ ⏎ ‹ «» ˆ ^ Σ = WWWWW ∫ π # (∞ lemniscate) ± + - \* x ✕ ÷ / ⁄ = ≈ ≠ \< \> ≤ ≥ ≡ √sqrt ∠θ ∠φ ∠ψ ∠ᵠ 90° 360° pano here — ; π ≈ 22⁄7 98.6°F V – Logical Or Λ – Logical And; Greek letter lambda (NB, exponentiation, the carat, ^, is not Λ) ∪ – Set Union; ∩ – Set Intersection; ∴ “Double quotes“ or “Double quotes” … ⋯ ¨ I | ¦ ` ‘ ’ " & ~ ˜ ¬ † ð ⌘ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ∝ 🎼 🎵 🎶 ♂ ♀ ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ ☜ ☞ ☟ ☠ ♠ ♤ ♣ ♧ ๑ ︴﹏﹋ ﹌ ÷ ✆ ๑ ۩ ⏠ ⌴ ⎵ ⍤ ♲ ✞ ◊ ◦ ° ✎ ✟ ஐ ≈ † ∞ Ƹ̵̡ Ӝ̵̨̄ ϟ ღ ™ © ® ¿ ¡ ℅ ℅ ℆ № ❝ ❞ „Russian cinemaphile“ ೋ ℰ ‹3 ░ ▒ ▓ 웃 ミ ┓┏ 凵 =╱⁄/⊿┌┬┐ ‽ 👍 ☝ ✍ ✌ 🙏 🚙 🏍 ✈ 🚢 🚂 ☮ ☯ ☪ ☘ ☎ ⚜ 🏠 🌈 ❗ ☠ 🔆 🔅 ✴ ☢ 💤 💈 🃏 ⚠ ⛔ 🚫 🛑 ✝ ☮ ♂ ♀ ‼ 🔴 🟠 🟡 🟢 🔵 🟣 🟤 ⚫ ⚪ 🟥 🟧 🟨 🟩 🟦 🟪 🟫 ⬛ ⬜ ❤ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 🤎 🖤 🤍 ❤ ❤ 💘 💝 💖 💗 💓 💞 💕 💟 ❣ ❤️‍🔥 ❤ ❤ 💔 ❤️‍🩹 🍝 🍜 🍖 🥞 Sanskrit स्वस्तिक 卐 卍 (svástika, “a lucky or auspicious object”) she is the fiancée, he is the fiancé; danke / bitte schön Converse inverse contrapositive ◆ p → q: conditional statement ◆ q → p: converse ◆ ~p → ~q: inverse; the inverse is the contrapositive of the converse ◆ ~q → ~p: contrapositive Examples: ● p ➜ q: If it snows heavily they’ll cancel school. This is “the given”. ● q ➜ p: If school is canceled then it snowed heavily that day. This is not always true. ● ~p ➜ ~q: If it does not snow heavily, they won’t cancel school. This is not always true. ● ~q ➜ ~p: If they did not cancel school then we know it did not snow heavily that day. This is always true. ⱯᗅÂÃÀÁÅÄᗅᗺᗷᗅᛒ₿Ɔ°CŒÇ©℄△▲Ð∃ÊÈÉË€°F₣ÎÌÍÏ£℄ÑÔÕÒÓÖØ∅Ⓞ⊙¶Π®ŠΣ™ÛÙÚÜㄨ☒✕¥ÝỲŶŸỸẎȲỶỴɎƳＹŽ Ƶ 0̸123Ʒ456789 ªâãàáåä@æߢ℄碜Þþêèéëƒ(x)ġîìíñôõòóö°ºθøφ¤πš§tłµûùúüŵx✕☓ýỳŷẙỹẏȳỷỵɏƴʏｙž ƶ Z⅄XMᴧ∩⊥SᴚΌԀOᴎW⅂⋊ſIH⅁ℲƎ∃◖Ↄ𐐒∀ zʎxʍʌnʇsɹbdouɯʃʞɾıɥƃɟǝpɔqɐ ¡ǝɔıu — In an upside-down kind of way. ¡ɯǝlqoɹd ɐ ǝʌɐɥ ǝʍ 'uoʇsnoɥ resumé;); fiancée; Don Pilar Extra Añejo; Gmünd in Kärnten; Rístorante Crotto dí Píno, in Fiumelatte, Como, Italy; Cittá di San Marino; Rheinuferpromenade in Altstadt Düsseldorf, Bolkerstraße; Póg mo thón = kiss my ass Café Helga; Hallstätter See AUT; Plaça de Catalunya; Cathédrale de Monaco; Señorita, Cañon del Sainz, Tijuana BC MEX; Èze FRA ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Pastor Roberto! ¡Hasta mañana! ¡Gracias! ¿Cómo estás? ¡Muy bien! ¡Muchas gracias! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! ∴ therefore; ❤ Peace†, Blessings ❤, and Prayers! 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ¡Muchas gracias! Blessings and peace†, WWWWW ➜ ➜ ➜ END OF FILE MARKER 3 lines ➜ ✅ 🟨 ❌ ● 🔴 ➜ ✅ 🟨 ❌ ● 🔴 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/299 "2023-03-14T00:36:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > With strange characters, remember that what your audience sees depends on what fonts are installed on their device. Which you cannot know in advance or influence. Good reminder. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/300 "2023-03-14T00:44:42Z")
The characters in my last post display for me exactly as you described. They come from this nbcsports article: [LeBron James, NBA Twitter react to Steph Curry’s late heroics vs. Bucks - NBC Sports Bay Area](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/lebron-james-nba-twitter-react-steph-currys-late-heroics-vs-bucks) and are the first link to a Twitter post. When I go to the Twitter post, everything displays fine. Perhaps the strange characters are unrendered smilies or graphics. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/301 "2023-03-14T12:40:03Z")
\begin{aligned} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]B \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]E \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]A \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]R \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]D \\ \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]B \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]O \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]D \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]R \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]O \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/302 "2023-03-14T14:36:00Z")
Nice. Is there a way to do that with italicized letters? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/303 "2023-03-14T16:13:29Z")
I’m looking into it ! Actually, i think those _ **are** _ italicised ! - more than i’d like … Also trying to get it left justified, don’t need it all the way over there ! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/304 "2023-03-14T16:55:35Z")
Yeah, I meant **without**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=16)