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Older versions displayed slashdot.org as IDN, newer version only punycode. (I wasn't able to get the U+013C LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CEDILLA character through the comment system)

And .org domains have more strict registry rules for example then .com, but there are risky domains even in .org namespace.
You can play on dom.****.com with some tlds and allowed scripts.

Neither. That is a hyphen-minus character (hex code 002d).

If you look closely at the two horizontal line keys on your keyboard, the one on the numeric keypad is probably shorter than the one on the left. It's possible that other software keyboard layouts will interpret these two keys differently, but in the standard US English keyboard layout they both give you a hyphen-minus.

I'm guessing the hyphen-minus became commonly used as a compromise for simplicity. This is what is used almost everywhere for both of these characters and most people are unaware that hyphen and minus are two different things. In fact, whenever something you are typing will be interpreted by a machine (programming code, telephone number form fields, etc.), use the standard hyphen-minus. Barely any software is programmed to recognize anything else.

I can't show you any of the proper characters here because Slashdot seems to break anything outside of the old ASCII character set. I can tell you about them though.

The hyphen is hex code 2010. It is shorter than a hyphen-minus (depending on the font). Use this to separate hyphenated words like wind-up.

The minus sign is hex code 2212. It is longer than a hyphenÃminus. Use this in mathematical formulas.

The other common, similar characters are the EN dash and the EM dash. These are both longer than a hypen or minus sign.

You can find a full list of these by searching a unicode character table for hyphen, minus and dash.

You may also not be aware that your keyboard does not output proper left and right quotes and that the letter x and the multiplication sign are two different things.

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cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

Well, that's difficult in chinese, because it would be a very very loooooooong sentence.

Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3

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Most of this is chinese

cjk radicals

cjk unified ideographs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk unified ideographs extension b 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

cjk compatibility ideographs supplement 1 2 3