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| I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode (modelviewculture.com) | ||
| recommended by 3 users | 2015 | 610 points by luu | computing history | original thread | | ||
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| jasode Dec 11, 2016 | on: Dark corners of Unicode (2015) | context |
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lazulicurio Aug 16, 2020 | on: In the Turkish locale, "INFO".lower() != "info" | context
> both of your points seem to illustrate the complexities of the languages, not "...that Unicode is a flawed idea" The flaw in Unicode is that it punts on the intrinsic complexity---pretending that codepoints have language-independent, plain-text, semantic meaning. A couple of threads that have molded my views over time: I can't write my name in Unicode https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9219162 (Specifically these two comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9220530 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9220970) Why isn't the external link symbol in Unicode? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23016832 |
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treebog May 5, 2021 | on: The handshake emoji is more complicated than you might think | context
Blog post and interesting HN discussion on Bengali/Unicode https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9219162 I would summarize the key issues here, but they are complex and I don’t feel qualified to do them justice. |
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>, but has the potential to cause confusion.
On a related note, one of the best examples that reveal the confusing intricacies of Unicode was a previous HN thread about encoding Bengali:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9219162
Lots of intelligent comments from many contributors in that high quality thread.
For me, the takeaway was the truly understanding Unicode requires holding 5 different layers of concepts in your head simultaneously and the oft-cited Joel Software "Absolute Minimum You Must Know About Unicode" only covers 2 of them. (Which to be fair to Joel, his title emphasizes "minimum to know" and not "everything to know"). Also, at the highest level of abstraction, intelligent people can have philosophical disagreements on _what_ to encode in Unicode.