mccThis is a very funny page https://unicode-explorer.com/list/large
SnoopJ@mcc the glyph '﷽' was mentioned in a discussion I saw recently about computing character widths as *rendered* in a terminal, and fundamental futility of this task
ROTOPE~1 ⭐️@rotopenguin @mcc alas, the Unicode Consortium has limited authority over the evolution of human language in general
@SnoopJ @rotopenguin in my opinion, they have much more than they should
@mcc @rotopenguin oh? Anything in particular?
@SnoopJ @rotopenguin Well, for example, if the people of China decide to invent a new hanzi, effectively now they just can't
Or they can, but they have to ask someone for permission. They'd have to do some complex set of steps with a PUA codepoint. Before computer encoding they could just draw it
@SnoopJ @rotopenguin There's also, and this is quite small but its fascinating to me, in UAX 31 Unicode comes up with a set of recommendations for which characters should be allowed in programming language variable names. They specifically bar variables from "clerical scripts".
In other words, without meaning to, the Unicode body backed themselves into being a body *holding the power to decide what is and is not a religion*
@mcc @rotopenguin I think I'd quibble about "without meaning to" but I concede that this is a funny/tragic reading of UAX #31's guidance
Wondering what the equivalent quip is for moving Bopomofo to the limited use set is 
@mcc @rotopenguin I *will* give them a lot of credit for not making UAX 31 a cop, though. I.e. the spec bending over backwards to accomodate "do whatever you want as long as you write it down somewhere" profiles
But so it goes, a standards document must define things, and they have the unenviable task of writing standards about something deeply political
@SnoopJ @rotopenguin i'm not saying they *shouldn't* do this thing. only that it's a very large thing that a person with a different college degree would go "this should be done with incredible thoughtfulness!" and it was not done with thoughtfulness. that is interesting to me