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raincole 3 hours ago [-]
Off topic: Perhaps it's just me, but I have a pet peeve about emojis in anything formal. Even before LLMs, I instinctively took a repo less seriously when README.md had emojis in every section. And now LLMs have popularized that style, it's the first signal for me to vibe-detect AI repos.
I do use emojis. I love them, actually, but only in message apps.
geophph 1 hours ago [-]
Not just you!
thenthenthen 3 hours ago [-]
Or SSID’s
9dev 6 hours ago [-]
> We mapped almost 1:1 to SoftBank’s set, though Apple chose to omit a few of the more risqué ones.
Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)
cryzinger 2 hours ago [-]
I was going to say that the love hotel emoji was the only one I could think of, but in the process of trying to find the emojipedia link (https://emojipedia.org/love-hotel) I found a Reddit thread that leads to a now-defunct blog post:
Its kinda odd how a lot of the major tech companies have self censored emojis like they are some savior of the planet for doing so.
For example the gun emoji by turning it into a water pistol instead of a real looking firearm handgun lol.
WOW THEY SURE CAUSED COUNTLESS LIVES TO BE SAVED W THAT ONE SINGLE MOVE!
Cider9986 1 hours ago [-]
Stickers are for you. Plenty of uncensored content and as soon as you send one from one of your packs, the recipient can start using them anywhere as well.
It's virtue signaling - nonsense from the same people who unironically say things like "lived experience" and "emotional labor." It shows they're part of a particular group, so they're Good, and if you're not, you're Bad.
pimlottc 5 hours ago [-]
That's a good question. Comparing the Softbank emoji from June 2008 [0] and the initial batch of Apple emoji that shipping in iPhone OS 2.2 (Nov 2008) [1], it doesn't look like there are any missing at all, it's a perfect 1:1 mapping.
By the way, Walnut Creek is less than 100 miles from Cupertino.
I love walnuts.
4 hours ago [-]
Jtarii 7 hours ago [-]
Gotta love websites that hijack basic browser functions, in this case forcing smooth scroll on.
embedding-shape 6 hours ago [-]
Seems to be some sort of design agency or similar, it's basically internet-law at this point that those always fuck with the scroll movements of your browser, for some reason.
joshmn 23 minutes ago [-]
Been waiting for seahorse myself.
hbn 5 hours ago [-]
I love the pregnant man emoji, I use it all the time after a big meal
j1000 7 hours ago [-]
Also no thief emoji or pirate emoji. Can someone enlighten me why we don't have it?
dagmx 7 hours ago [-]
Simply because nobody has successfully pitched the Unicode group to add one.
Anyone can pitch new emoji, they just have to go through the fairly easy but strict formal process.
blanched 7 hours ago [-]
Alex Schmidt, a humor writer (formerly of Cracked and others) did this process for the bison emoji. I enjoyed his “miniseries” about it: https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/
basch 6 hours ago [-]
does the reverse notebooklm exist yet that turns podcasts into longform journalism?
blanched 5 hours ago [-]
Not that I know of. And I generally prefer written pieces to podcasts :).
I was looking for a pirate emoji like 5 minutes ago. I'm sure it's not the first time but I'm super surprised that still isn't in there. Seems so obvious.
wvbdmp 7 hours ago [-]
What’s next, a cowboy emoji? A ninja emoji? But seriously, as much as I like emojis, I kind of feel like they should stick to emotions. Maybe other intangible things. They’re hard to convey verbally (and succinctly), simple concrete nouns are good for a bit of fun and for UI icons, but really not very useful if we’re being honest. Unless you’re texting with a lizard, or my lazy elementary-school niece who shouldn’t really have a phone anyway…
customguy 48 minutes ago [-]
If we add 26 more emojis, one for each letter, we could use them to spell out all sorts of words - emotions, objects, anything!
holistio 6 hours ago [-]
Or you're texting with people whose native language uses a logographic system.
helterskelter 2 hours ago [-]
We got the mpreg emoji instead of a chainsaw, which makes me feel like we need an emoji lobbying group for things like sex, drugs, sawed-off shotguns and jury nullification.
asdff 3 hours ago [-]
No more gun emoji. Humanity could not be trusted with the cartoon revolver emoji. Take your squirtgun, citizen.
carrozo 6 hours ago [-]
still no Guillotine Emoji either, although not for a lack of trying.
If the author is reading this, the hyperlink to the book in the first paragraph is broken. Looks like it's attempting to direct you to an absolute url that was meant to be relative.
<a href="https://books/face-with-tears-of-joy">
dwflanagan 4 hours ago [-]
I just finished Keith Houston's previous book _Empire of the Sum_, a history of calculators, I'll be reading this next.
aforty 7 hours ago [-]
So cool to get the background story on this. I remember adding the Japanese keyboard here in the US just so I could get access to emojis.
amelius 9 hours ago [-]
In case anyone is actually interested in the emoji:
I do use emojis. I love them, actually, but only in message apps.
Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)
12 years ago - Apple removes beer, wine, love hotel, and other emojis from insertion palette in Messages app https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/2qqaya/apple_removes...
The blog it links to is dead, so here's an archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150312182931/http://blog.getem...
For example the gun emoji by turning it into a water pistol instead of a real looking firearm handgun lol.
WOW THEY SURE CAUSED COUNTLESS LIVES TO BE SAVED W THAT ONE SINGLE MOVE!
https://signalstickers.org/
0: https://emojipedia.org/softbank/2008
1: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2
By the way, Walnut Creek is less than 100 miles from Cupertino.
I love walnuts.
Anyone can pitch new emoji, they just have to go through the fairly easy but strict formal process.
The show notes for episode 2 have good references (no fun commentary though): https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/show-notes
https://www.carrozo.com/guillotine-emoji
https://emojipedia.org/apple
Interesting tidbit:
> Emoji support required iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.
What exactly do you think the "GenAI" trained on?
https://logandark.net/files/328S6690-9Q368809-16843Q53-RR2SN...