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Underscores are stupid? Get a Japanese keyboard (2012)

Underscores are stupid? Get a Japanese keyboard.
There was a surprising amount of discussion on Hacker News today on whether or not underscores are stupid, with suggestions ranging from changing key bindings to using the Dvorak layout.
Here’s an alternative (although possibly slightly drastic) solution - get a Japanese keyboard:

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