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		spiderice 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI's H1 2025: $4.3B in income, $13.5B in loss Apparently ^H is a shortcut for backspace. Good to know!

nick__m 4 months ago [–]

it's because ^ represents the CTRL key. In ASCII, CTRl subtract 0x40, H is 0x48 and backspace is 0x08...

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