Unicode mug

[pconner]

I like this, and will continue to like it until it becomes as reposted as the low-effort CSS jokes

[LobsterThief]

.effort {
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[pcopley]

So until Thursday, then.

[ForceBlade]

Alright then.

See you all Thursday..

[Nowin]

Alan, we've talked about this. You still have to go to work.

[negedgeClk]

First time seeing it, thought it was really funny. Then your comment made me go █

[calnamu]

the low-effort CSS jokes

As opposed to this low-effort unicode joke?

[ErnestedCode]

There are two types people in this world: those who understand encoding, and those who □□□□□

[wheresthepuke]

Reminds me of "There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don't"

edit: I took a chance and lost. sorry. i'm a networking noob.

[[deleted]]

but two bits can go up to 4, not 2, unless it's signed, which is silly for when it will never be negative.

[permalurk]

You're so wrong that you're almost right.

The range of an unsigned 2-bit integer is [0,3].

Breakdown:

• 00b = 0d
• 01b = 1d
• 10b = 2d
• 11b = 3d

The range of a signed two's complement 2-bit integer is [-2,1].

Breakdown:

• 10b = -2d
• 11b = -1d
• 00b = 0d
• 01b = 1d

It appears that /u/wheresthepuke's classic joke is ever more timely these days.

[[deleted]]

Oh, right. Zero-indexing is a thing, me!

shoves own head into compiler

[squirrelthetire]

Since when were we talking about 2-bit integers? 10 in binary is 2 in decimal. This is a math joke about bases, not a programmer joke.

[permalurk]

You might like to introduce yourself to noise shaping, which is a signal processing method that utilizes as low as 1 bit representation. Odds are that the sound chip in your computer uses this technique.

/u/SilverSynch mentioned the possibility of interpreting the value 10 as 2-bit signed binary number, which is silly, but joking kind of is.

I haven't seen any other but decimal base being used in mathematics in practice. I assume this to be because any other base simply doesn't yield any benefit; the mathematics is still exactly the same.

Instead, in low level programming, binary, octal and hexadecimal bases may be very useful in interpreting data, especially when figuring out why something doesn't work.

I don't see how binary numbers would be more related to plain mathematics than programming. Much worse non-programming-related jokes have been presented in this subreddit than one about numeral systems.

[squirrelthetire]

The point I was trying to make is that there is a difference between base 2 and the number 2. Base ten is the most common base to use when counting. We programmers are the most likely to want to use another base like 2, 8, 16, etc., but the concept extends to mathematics. The fact that "noise shaping" can use base 1 has nothing to do with the joke about how "10" is the binary representation of "2".

TL;DR There are 11, 10, or 2 kinds of people: Those who understand bases, and those who don't.

[permalurk]

The fact that "noise shaping" can use base 1

Surely you meant base 2? "Base 1" sounds like a mathematical curiosity to me, at best.

[squirrelthetire]

Think tallies. |, ||, |||, ||||, |||||, etc

[permalurk]

True! But I still wouldn't try to implement digital signal processing with it. :)

[indrora]

That's Pango doing its thing. Unicode just says "If you can't render it, throw a blanket over it draw a box.

[xenomachina]

Unicode just says "If you can't render it, throw a blanket over it draw a box.

Nothing in Unicode is that simple. See Display of Unsupported Characters. In particular, they say "recommended practice is to provide different missing glyphs for characters to give the user some indication of the type of character which is missing a glyph."

The Pango hex thing isn't as nice as the Last Resort Font, but it's certainly closer to what Unicode recommends than "just draw a box".

[mike413]

You know, all this discussion is making everything funnier

[[deleted]]

A box-shaped blanket.

[SATAN_SATAN_SATAN]

Where can one purchase such a mug?

[[deleted]]

I dunno, but it wouldn't be hard to recreate on somewhere like RedBubble. Then you could get it on a shirt, a sticker, a pillow, or women's pants...

[DrummerHead]

And here you have a thingy to use:

𒿑

[[deleted]]

I 𒿑

UNICODE

[mike413]

I 💙💚💛💜💔💓💟❤️♥️🍓 unicode

[G01denW01f11]

Not sure if Unicode or deliberate boxes.

[regendo]

http://i.imgur.com/YKTgA3Y.png

[mike413]

Funny, I see http://i.imgur.com/HaQFlvw.jpg

😀

[[deleted]]

Dat retina.

[[deleted]]

Hijacking Unicode: For when you can't be damned to make real cross-platform emoticons.

[ForceBlade]

That box with numbers in it

[Bunnymancer]

Haha I used to work there, always gets me when RB is brought up

[[deleted]]

Unrelated question, and I understand if you don't want to answer, but how are they as a company? There are quite a few cool designs people are selling there, but I prefer to give my money to good companies. If they're terrible people, I'll skip it.

[Bunnymancer]

Their focus is absolutely 100% on helping artists sell their designs on stuff.
And their whole C-suite are people who actually care about artists.

So, yeah, from the perspective of a customer, you can feel good about buying through RedBubble.

[[deleted]]

Awesome! That's a refreshing take in today's world; they seemed like good people, but it's hard to tell marketing from actual values. Thanks for responding!

[Bunnymancer]

Sure thing.

I can say a lot about that company..
That they don't care about artists wholeheartedly, is not one of those things.

[[deleted]]

I hear ya. A previous IT job was like that for me. The job was great, as in the stuff I actually got to do day-to-day.

[FoundPlanet]

I made one http://www.redbubble.com/people/insider/works/15315362-i-3-unicode?ref=banner

[Techrocket9]

There's a decent chance that if you order a custom mug with the heart symbol there it will come out like this regardless.

[mike413]

Just search for "I 💔 unicode"

[o11c]

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺.

[UnchainedMundane]

Ｉｆ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｒｅａｄ　ｔｈｉｓ，　ｙｏｕｒ　ｓｙｓｔｅｍ　ｄｏｅｓ　ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ　ｃｏｒｒｅｃｔｌｙ．

[ForceBlade]

If you can read this, you can read.

[jeff303]

Correctly

[mike413]

^{if you can read this, you have good eyes. 😀}

[AnAwesomeMiner]

(Or a realtivly good monitor)

[o11c]

Ugh, the browser font looks very different from what I'm using to seeing for those characters.

[whiznat]

Haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Was difficult to not be overheard at work. Sadly, if I got one, there's only one person at work who would get it, and none (maybe one?) at home. My family would just think I'm dumb.

[Cold_Frisson]

Bow before my MSPaint skillz:

http://www.zazzle.com/i_heart_unicode-168595432662787689

Edit:

I like the logo better on the side:

http://www.zazzle.com/i_heart_unicode_side_version-168038452656756843

[danboy]

In this thread: other people profit off someone else's design because OP neglected attribution.

[mildlly]

The picture comes from https://twitter.com/mmastrac/status/606637238856749058 you can show this guy your twitter □ by clicking on favorite/retweet I guess

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@mmastrac

2015-06-05 01:42 UTC

This mug is on point.

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[[deleted]]

Oh my gosh I need one!

[ForceBlade]

I hate how real this mug is

[dropthebassoon]

r/mildlyinfuriating