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| Unicode[edit] | |
| Combining characters[edit] | |
| In plain text scenarios where markup cannot be used, Unicode offers a number of | |
| combining characters that achieve similar effects. | |
| The “combining long stroke overlay” (U+0336) results in an unbroken stroke | |
| across the text: | |
| • A̶B̶C̶D̶ ̶e̶f̶g̶h̶i̶ | |
| while the “combining short stroke overlay” (U+0335) results in individually | |
| struck out characters: | |
| • A̵B̵C̵D̵ ̵e̵f̵g̵h̵i̵ | |
| Similarly, the “combining short solidus overlay” (U+0337) results in diagonally | |
| struck out letters: | |
| • A̷B̷C̷D̷ ̷e̷f̷g̷h̷i̷ | |
| as does the “combining long solidus overlay” (U+0338), which produces longer | |
| diagonal strokes: | |
| • A̸B̸C̸D̸ ̸e̸f̸g̸h̸i̸ |
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| #Find how to strike through the letters with http://xn--strike-37dbbbbb.ws/ = s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶.ws | |
| #http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html | |
| #needless words | |
| s/fact/f̶a̶c̶t̶/gI | |
| s/interesting/i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶e̶s̶t̶i̶n̶g̶/gI | |
| s/notabl/n̶o̶t̶a̶b̶l̶/gI | |
| s/FYI/F̶Y̶I̶/gI | |
| s/the fact that/t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶c̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶/gI | |
| s/is \(\w+\)? that/i̶s̶ \1 t̶h̶a̶t̶/gI | |
| s/on the ground/o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶g̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶/gI | |
| s/you see/y̶o̶u̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶/gI | |
| s/now/n̶o̶w̶/gI | |
| s/go ahead and/g̶o̶ ̶a̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶/gI | |
| s/go ahead with/g̶o̶ ̶a̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶/gI | |
| s/move foward/̶m̶o̶̶̶̶̶ve̶ ̶f̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d/gI | |
| s/moving forward/̶m̶o̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶w̶a̶r̶d/gI | |
| s/stand up and/̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶a̶n̶d/gI | |
| s/stand with/̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h/gI | |
| #limp words | |
| s/important/i̶m̶p̶o̶r̶t̶a̶n̶t̶/gI | |
| s/truly/t̶r̶u̶l̶y̶/gI | |
| s/himself/h̶i̶m̶s̶e̶l̶f̶/gI; s/herself/h̶e̶r̶s̶e̶l̶f̶/gI | |
| s/utilize/u̶t̶i̶l̶i̶z̶e̶/gI; s/utilise/u̶t̶i̶l̶i̶s̶e̶/gI | |
| s/great/g̶r̶e̶a̶t̶/gI | |
| s/nice/n̶i̶c̶e̶/gI | |
| s/benefit/b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶/gI | |
| s/mov(\w{1-4}) forward/m̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶w̶a̶r̶d̶/gI | |
| s/impact/i̶m̶p̶a̶c̶t̶/gI | |
| #insulting words | |
| s/clearly/c̶l̶e̶a̶r̶l̶y̶/gI | |
| s/well-known/w̶e̶l̶l̶-̶k̶n̶o̶w̶n̶/gI | |
| s/obvious/o̶b̶v̶i̶o̶u̶s̶/gI | |
| s/of course/o̶f̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶/gI | |
| s/simply/ssss̶si̶i̶m̶m̶p̶p̶l̶l̶y̶y̶//gI | |
| #my pet peeves | |
| s/transparen/t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶p̶a̶r̶e̶n̶/gI | |
| s/optics/o̶p̶t̶i̶c̶s̶/gI | |
| s/sheer/s̶h̶e̶e̶r̶/gI | |
| s/careful/c̶a̶r̶e̶f̶u̶l̶/gI | |
| s/phenomen/p̶h̶e̶n̶o̶m̶e̶n̶/gI | |
| s/tremendous/t̶r̶e̶m̶e̶n̶d̶o̶u̶s̶/gI | |
| s/one(\w+?)long/o̶n̶e̶\1l̶o̶n̶g̶/gI #one great big long etc | |
| #http://qz.com/522824/jack-dorseys-jargon-free-firing-memo-edited-to-remove-the-jargon/ | |
| s/streamlin/s̶t̶r̶e̶a̶m̶l̶i̶n̶/gI | |
| s/pivot/p̶i̶v̶o̶t̶/gI | |
| s/ bold / b̶o̶l̶d̶ /gI #embolden is fine | |
| s/purpose-built/p̶u̶r̶p̶o̶s̶e̶-̶b̶u̶i̶l̶t̶/gI | |
| #https://twitter.com/rubinovitz/status/659755527367434240 | |
| s/passionate about/p̶a̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶wanting to make money from/gI | |
| #adverbs | |
| s/very/v̶e̶r̶y̶/gI | |
| s/extremely/e̶x̶t̶r̶e̶m̶e̶l̶y̶/gI | |
| s/surprisingly/s̶u̶r̶p̶r̶i̶s̶i̶n̶g̶l̶y̶/gI | |
| #awkward verbiage | |
| #s/it is/ | |
| s/not un/n̶o̶t̶ ̶u̶n̶/gI | |
| s/tool for/t̶o̶o̶l̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶/g | |
| s/fact that/f̶a̶c̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶/g | |
| s/someone with/s̶o̶m̶e̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶/gI | |
| s/be beneficial to/benefit/g | |
| #bad mathematical writing | |
| s/roughly speaking/roughly speaking/gI #Brian Greene, elegant universe, p 266 | |
| s/precise mathematical/̶p̶r̶e̶c̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶t̶h̶e̶m̶a̶t̶i̶c̶a̶l/gI | |
| s/mathematical formulation/̶m̶a̶t̶h̶e̶m̶̶a̶̶t̶̶i̶̶c̶̶a̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶f̶̶o̶̶r̶̶m̶̶u̶̶l̶̶a̶̶t̶̶i̶̶o̶̶n/gI | |
| s/mathematical pattern/̶̶ma̶̶t̶̶h̶̶e̶̶m̶̶a̶̶t̶̶i̶̶c̶̶a̶̶l̶̶ ̶̶p̶̶a̶̶t̶̶t̶̶e̶̶r̶̶n/gI | |
| #clichés | |
| s/pure and simple/p̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶/g; s/pure \& simple/p̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶/g | |
| s/put plainly/p̶u̶t̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶l̶y̶/gI; s/plainly put/p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶p̶u̶t̶/gI | |
| #things you don't have the standing to talk about | |
| s/society today/s̶o̶c̶i̶e̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶d̶a̶y̶/gI | |
| #McKinsey big-data analytics document | |
| s/eclipse/pretentious/ | |
| s/efforts to improve performance// | |
| s/quickly identifying// | |
| s/deliver insights// | |
| s/powerful new business models// | |
| s/prompt broader// | |
| s/least complex// | |
| s/simple visual interface// | |
| s/protocols// | |
| s/company incentives// | |
| s/tool fizzled// | |
| s/repeatedly ask// | |
| s/Big Data// #would be funnier to just cross out all of any document that mentions big data and replace it with <h1>Don't Bother</h1> | |
| s/what the data really say// | |
| s/companies must be able// | |
| s/must be able// | |
| s/companies must// | |
| s/powerful new business models// | |
| s/powerful new models// | |
| s/pure data-mining// | |
| s/highlight// #as a verb only: part-of-speech tagger | |
| s/online queries// | |
| s/update processes// | |
| s/develop capabilities// | |
| s/market facts// #more interesting with "market" as a verb | |
| s/improve sales performance/sell more/g | |
| s/improve// #vague | |
| s/easy to use// | |
| s/data could transform the way companies do business// #everything is wrong | |
| s/companies may not fully understand// #"companies" as subject (part-of-speech) | |
| s/developing analytics tools// | |
| s/focus on business/ | |
| s/new models and algorithms// | |
| s/algorithms// #any sentence with "algorithms" needs to go | |
| s/sophisticated algorithms// #kill | |
| s/management systems// | |
| s/incorporate// | |
| s/through such means// | |
| s/resulting scenario tools// | |
| s/pricing analytics// | |
| s/infrastructure for// #infrastructure investing / ppi is fine... | |
| s/essential// | |
| s/weave// | |
| s/never meshed with// | |
| s/decisive competitive advantage// | |
| s/fully resolving these issues often takes years// | |
| s/resolv.+?issu// | |
| s/will become an increasingly important// | |
| s/competitive differentiation// | |
| s/types of business judgments// | |
| s/sheer volume/volume/ | |
| s/social media// | |
| s/the universe of // | |
| s/both more panoramic and more granular// #flag for panoramic & granular nearby (pretentious / larger / thesaurus words | |
| s/vast// | |
| s/align// #ok with tyres... | |
| s/company goals// | |
| s/continue to grow and change// | |
| #gs stockpicker-1 | |
| s/in order to/to/ | |
| s/more fully understand/understand/ | |
| #couchdb | |
| s/we're not just// | |
| s/we're crafting\w+/story// | |
| #rasheed & ramyaa | |
| s/is used// | |
| #https://d1u2uhea8ugy8e.cloudfront.net/upwork_freelancer_guide.pdf | |
| s/deliver// | |
| s/awesome experiences// | |
| s/community// | |
| s/focused on your succeed// | |
| s/makes it easy// | |
| #http://recipes.sinatrarb.com/ | |
| s/quite simply// | |
| #any way to flag cliché'd *metaphors*? like guitar-players in the quad, "technology", "modern culture" in https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/dear-parents-everything-you-need-to-know-about-your-son-and-daughters-university-but-dont | |
| #to ctrl+F:// find struck-through characters computerly rather than at-a-glance, look at #https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikethrough#Combining_characters which mentions U+0336 #(http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0336/index.htm) as the strikethrough diacritic. |
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