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• Post #624947

  I was just lying in bed reading about keyboard layouts, as one does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout?wprov=sfti1 This led me down a fascinating rathole. To start, what’s the name of the ( character? That’s right, it’s Open Parenthesis, not Left Parenthesis! When I type Open Parenthesis on an Arabic keyboard, then Latin Capital Letter X, then Close Parenthesis, it looks like (X), of course—but what if I type it in Arabic? It looks like (X), even though the glyphs proceed right to...

• Post #624946

  I was just texting a friend about a paper she’s writing, and attached an interesting medieval rabbit sticker. Then I wanted to name it, so I coined “coneymoji.” It’s a great neologism that I am hereby making free for non-commercial use.

• Post #624945

  This afternoon I watched the Superb Owl with my wife, but (as usual) paid attention mostly to the ads; I had to keep asking her who was winning. Seattle won [spoiler] but I figured Boston could still come from behind in the following games and win the series. Now it’s a couple of hours later… and I wondered whether there were really more games to come—and my wife explained that today’s game was the last/only one !!! WHY DON’T THEY EXPLAIN THIS DESIGN MISFEATURE TO THE POOR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS WA...

• Post #624944

  I’ll be in Norway in late March, so I’m learning Norwegian the fun way!

• Post #624943

  I was searching for an Unicode emoji for a plum and found a Unicode emoji fabric. Innovation! https://www.acaciafabrics.com/en/Products/emoji-unicode-34-plum-66671/Technical-Details

• Post #624942

  “I have eaten the 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍋‍🟩🍌🍍🥭🍎🍏🍐🍑🍒🍓🫐🥝🍅 that were in the 🧊📦 / and which you were probably saving for 🥐🥯🥞🧇🥓🥚🍳 🥣🍩🍴 / Forgive me, they were 😋, so 🍬 and so 🥶.” (William Carlos Williams, 1938)

• Post #624941

  I’ve recently subscribed to The Guardian online, which I find provides a refreshing outside perspective in its coverage of US news.

• Post #624940

  Great headline!