mccFeb 20
This is a very funny page https://unicode-explorer.com/list/large
List of Super-Wide Symbols - Unicode Explorer

%s, Unicode symbol table, copy and paste

Show threadSnoopJFeb 20
@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
Show threadROTOPE~1 ⭐️Feb 20
@SnoopJ @mcc it might have been a mistake to put "an entire prayer, or perhaps a dozen angels dancing on the head of a pin" as a single code point
Show threadSnoopJFeb 20
@rotopenguin @mcc alas, the Unicode Consortium has limited authority over the evolution of human language in general
Show threadmccFeb 20
@SnoopJ @rotopenguin in my opinion, they have much more than they should
Show threadSnoopJFeb 20
@mcc @rotopenguin oh? Anything in particular?
Show threadmccFeb 20

@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

Show threadmccFeb 20

@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*

Show threadROTOPE~1 ⭐️
@mcc @SnoopJ that's ... separation of Church and program state
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