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Ned
Jul 22, 2023, 12:34:59 PM7/22/23
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The pissing contest between Apple and Microsoft continues,
with no resolution in sight.
I noticed in the "How White Am I" app that there is a significant
difference the White Face of Microsoft versus the White Face
of Apple.
I had run into a similar situation a few years back, when I added
the 'Oriental Wisdom' section to WokeWisdom, and discovered
an emoji and HTML code for the Tibetan OM symbol, which I
used for the link to that app.
The Microsoft version is a basic, no-nonsense line drawing of it,
but when I brought it up on my iPhone, it was this huge (and
admittedly beautiful) keyboard key-like thing.
The same thing has happened with the faces. Here are the three
symbols, and how they appear will depend on the device you are
viewing them... ☻ ☺ 🕉
Here they all are in a side-by-side comparison...
https://i.postimg.cc/024hr8tL/Emoji-Symbols-Apple-Vs-Microsoft.jpg
So, I, of course, have some complaints. Apparently Apple does not
have a black-and-white line drawing of a white face that is comparable
to its version of a black face. So you can't have alternating versions
that are similar in size and design (if you needed such a thing).
Also, Apple's white face is not white. It's yellow. That could be
problematic when a white white-face is needed.
ALSO, look carefully at the two black faces. The Microsoft version is
a simple inversion of the white face - white for black and black for
white.
The Apple version of the black face looks kind of doofus-y. Big,
close-set eyes and a sloppy grin. I'm not sure what the message
is here, or even if there is a message.
But the pissing contest continues.
Ned
with no resolution in sight.
I noticed in the "How White Am I" app that there is a significant
difference the White Face of Microsoft versus the White Face
of Apple.
I had run into a similar situation a few years back, when I added
the 'Oriental Wisdom' section to WokeWisdom, and discovered
an emoji and HTML code for the Tibetan OM symbol, which I
used for the link to that app.
The Microsoft version is a basic, no-nonsense line drawing of it,
but when I brought it up on my iPhone, it was this huge (and
admittedly beautiful) keyboard key-like thing.
The same thing has happened with the faces. Here are the three
symbols, and how they appear will depend on the device you are
viewing them... ☻ ☺ 🕉
Here they all are in a side-by-side comparison...
https://i.postimg.cc/024hr8tL/Emoji-Symbols-Apple-Vs-Microsoft.jpg
So, I, of course, have some complaints. Apparently Apple does not
have a black-and-white line drawing of a white face that is comparable
to its version of a black face. So you can't have alternating versions
that are similar in size and design (if you needed such a thing).
Also, Apple's white face is not white. It's yellow. That could be
problematic when a white white-face is needed.
ALSO, look carefully at the two black faces. The Microsoft version is
a simple inversion of the white face - white for black and black for
white.
The Apple version of the black face looks kind of doofus-y. Big,
close-set eyes and a sloppy grin. I'm not sure what the message
is here, or even if there is a message.
But the pissing contest continues.
Ned
Ned
Jul 23, 2023, 3:10:11 PM7/23/23
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mentioned above, and shown in this jpeg...
https://i.postimg.cc/024hr8tL/Emoji-Symbols-Apple-Vs-Microsoft.jpg
I did a little more investigating into this (perhaps more than should),
and found some weird shit. Here it is presented graphically, and
I emphasize in all cases it is the exact same three HTML codes which
are being displayed: #9787 (dark face) #9786 (light face) and
#128329 (OM symbol)...
https://i.postimg.cc/x1SY9w0G/Emoji-Symbols-Apple-Vs-Microsoft-More.jpg
(hi-res) https://postimg.cc/qzQWLZ6g
So, not only does Apple have a small, normal white face (on some
devices - like my iPhone 8s), but also has a simple inversion of
their goofy dark face, white for black and black for white, as shown
in the photo of Mac laptop screen at the top.
Also, Microsoft has a 'prettier' OM symbol (but not as good as Apple's),
in blue with a black square around it, when you cut and paste it from
Google Groups into Microsoft email.
Microsoft also has a non-goofy dark face (not just the inversion of the
normal light face) with a bigger smile and hints of dark eyes at the
bottom of the white eyes, as seen in the 3rd from the top. Microsoft
has a yellow smiley light face (with a black circle around it), which
only shows up in email (3rd and 5th from top).
So there are ultimately three different versions of the dark face,
three different versions of the light face, and three different
versions of the OM symbol, depending on which device you view
them. But they are all exactly the same HMTL codes.
Ned
Me
Jul 23, 2023, 10:09:43 PM7/23/23
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On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 9:34:59 AM UTC-7, Ned wrote:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hold down "Alt" key while typing the numbers *on the numerical pad*,
*not* the line above the letters
Common ones:
142 Ä
153 Ö
154 Ü
132 ä
148 ö
129 ü
225 ß
171 ½
172 ¼
0190 ¾
227 π
230 µ
234 Ω
250 ·
248 °
253 ²
0128 €
0169 ©
0174 ®
0145 ‘
0146 ’
0147 “
0148 ”
All of them:
1 ☺☻
3 ♥♦♣♠
7 •◘○◙
11 ♂♀
13 ♪♫☼
16 ►◄↕‼
20 ¶§▬↨
24 ↑↓→←
28 ∟↔▲▼
128 Çüéâäàåç
136 êëèïîìÄÅ
144 ÉæÆôöòûù
152 ÿÖÜ¢£¥₧ƒ
160 áíóúñѪº
168 ¿⌐¬½¼¡«»
176 ░▒▓│┤╡╢╖
184 ╕╣║╗╝╜╛┐
192 └┴┬├─┼╞╟
200 ╚╔╩╦╠═╬╧
208 ╨╤╥╙╘╒╓╫
216 ╪┘┌█▄▌▐▀
224 αßΓπΣσµτ
232 ΦΘΩδ∞φε∩
240 ≡±≥≤⌠⌡÷≈
248 °∙·√ⁿ²■
0128 € ‚ …†‡
0136 ˆ‰Š‹Œ Ž
0144 ‘’“”•–—
0152 ˜™š›œ žŸ
0160 ¡¢£¤¥¦§
0168 ¨©ª«¬®¯
0176 °±²³´µ¶·
0184 ¸¹º»¼½¾¿
0192 ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇ
0200 ÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏ
0208 ÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×
0216 ØÙÚÛÜÝÞß
0224 àáâãäåæç
0232 èéêëìíîï
0240 ðñòóôõö÷
0248 øùúûüýþÿ
Frames (only work with fixed-space fonts):
┌───────┬───────┐ ╔═══════╦═══════╗ ╔═══════╤═══════╗
│ │ │ ║ ║ ║ ║ │ ║
├───────┼───────┤ ╠═══════╬═══════╣ ╟───────┼───────╢
│ │ │ ║ ║ ║ ║ │ ║
└───────┴───────┘ ╚═══════╩═══════╝ ╚═══════╧═══════╝
218 196 194 196 191 201 205 203 205 187 201 205 209 205 187
179 179 179 186 186 186 186 179 186
195 196 197 196 180 204 205 206 205 185 199 196 197 196 182
179 179 179 186 186 186 186 179 186
192 196 193 196 217 200 205 202 205 188 200 205 207 205 188
█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█
█ █ █
█■■■■■■■█■■■■■■■█
█ █ █
█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█
219 223 219 223 219
219 219 219
219 254 219 254 219
219 219 219
219 220 219 220 219
Copy-and-paste:
‽ ‼ ₹ ₿ ★
½ ¼ ¾ ⅓ ⅔ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞
ॐ 🙏 ⌘ ⁂ ❦
😀 ☹ 😁 😠 😕 😢 😮 😭 🙀 😈 ☢️ 🛑 ⛔
ɐqɔpǝɟᵷɥᴉfʞꞁɯuodbɹsʇnʌʍxʎz
ⱯBƆDƎℲ⅁HIſꞰꞀƜNOԀÒᴚSꞱ∩ɅʍX⅄Z
Subscript: ₁ ₂ ₃ ₄ ₅ ₆ ₇ ₈ ₉ ₀
Superscript: ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ⁰ ᵃ ᵇ ᶜ ᵈ ᵉ ᶠ ᵍ ʰ ᶦ ʲ ᵏ ˡ ᵐ ⁿ ᵒ ᵖ ᑫ ʳ ˢ ᵗ ᵘ ᵛ ʷ ˣ ʸ ᶻ
Me
Jul 23, 2023, 10:45:15 PM7/23/23
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Wow!
Elon Musk's "X" symbol is already a character:
𝕏
Ned
Jul 23, 2023, 11:14:10 PM7/23/23
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Ned
Ned
Jul 23, 2023, 11:17:19 PM7/23/23
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On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 7:45:15 PM UTC-7, Me wrote:
> Wow!
> Elon Musk's "X" symbol is already a character:
> 𝕏
>
Awww... How about this one?....
> Wow!
> Elon Musk's "X" symbol is already a character:
> 𝕏
>
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/unofficial-alphabet-lore/images/a/a5/X.png/revision/latest?cb=20220916192602
Ned
Me
Jul 23, 2023, 11:49:32 PM7/23/23
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1v502aWIAAxmvJ?format=jpg
Creon
Jul 24, 2023, 2:04:09 AM7/24/23
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:45:14 -0700 (PDT), Me wrote:
> Wow!
> Elon Musk's "X" symbol is already a character:
> 𝕏
That's the Unix/Linux/etc. X window system logo.
> Wow!
> Elon Musk's "X" symbol is already a character:
> 𝕏
See https://x.org (not .com!)
(He better not be trying to be usurp that...!)
--
-c
Ned
Jul 24, 2023, 11:28:56 AM7/24/23
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He wants it to be everything and have everything, and
so he has decided that 𝕏 signifies that.
Ned
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