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#REDIRECT [[1913: A ?]]
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{{comic
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| number    = 1913
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| date      = November 8, 2017
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| title    = A �
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| image    = i.png
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| titletext = If you want in on the fun, map a key on your keyboard to the sequence U+0041 U+0020 U+FFFD (or U+0021 U+0020 U+FFFD for the exclamation point version), and then no update can never take this away from you.
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==Explanation==
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{{incomplete|Created by a BOT - Please change this comment when editing this page. "A �" should be "A �", should the page be moved? Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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After the update to {{w|Apple Inc.|Apple's}} {{w|IOS_11#11.1|iOS 11.1}}, many (though not all) {{w|iPhone}} users suffered from a strange bug, where the {{w|autocorrection}} changed any input of the single lowercase letter "i" to either "A" or "!" followed by a space and a Unicode {{w|Specials_(Unicode_block)#Replacement_character|replacement character}} (on iOS displayed as a question mark in a square). So the result of typing "i took" might be "A � took" or "! � took".
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The codes in the title text refer to "A �" and "! �" respectively. The text provides a way to keep the "bug" active, even after it is patched. This is a fairly silly concept, as not many people would need to type "A �" nore than they would need to type "i".
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==Transcript==
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{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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:[A picture of a yellow post-it note with text:]
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:A ⍰ took out the trash but the dishwasher still needs to be run.
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:[Caption below the panel:]
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:Apple can try to fix the autocorrect bug, but I've already incorporated it into my handwriting.
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:[Title text:]
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:If you want in on the fun, map a key on your keyboard to the sequence U+0041 U+0020 U+FFFD (or U+0021 U+0020 U+FFFD for the exclamation point version), and then no update can never take this away from you.
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{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Unicode]]
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[[Category:Comics with color]]

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