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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by jackewiehose on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:08AM (#21992054)
It took me a while to get the joke because I didn't recognize that white ghost on a white background. I take this as another example why these non-ascii urls are a bad idea for security.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by icebraining on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:51AM (#21992440)
It's not white, it's the blueish grey #E1E8ED. You need a better monitor :)
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by paulddraper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:53PM (#21995081)
Fails all contrast measures abysmally: https://contrast-ratio.com/#%23E1E8ED-on-white

And this is despite that fact that the actual "font color" is #14171A with excellent contrast: https://contrast-ratio.com/#%2314171A-on-white

But these bizarre characters don't respond the text color and thus utterly unpredictable in their legibility.

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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by icebraining on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:08PM (#21996311)
The use of the color is quite different from a regular character, so measuring by the same yardstick makes no sense. This is a blob of color, not just some thin lines.

> these bizarre characters

At least on Twitter.com, they're not characters, they're SVG images.

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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by paulddraper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:28PM (#21997308)
PNG, but yes.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by icebraining on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:59PM (#21997478)
Maybe it differs based on the browser? Shows up as https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f47b.svg to me.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by paulddraper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @08:06PM (#21997511)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f47b.png ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by saghm on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:35PM (#21996511)
> Fails all contrast measures abysmally: https://contrast-ratio.com/#%23E1E8ED-on-white

At first, I was thinking that I could see the difference quite clearly between the two colors and I had no clue what you were talking about. Then I hit the "swap colors" button and happened to notice that there was a bunch of text on the left side that I hadn't even seen...

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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by rahuldottech on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:02AM (#21992551)
Very much depends on what browser/platform you're on. Many different emoji implementations out there.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by icebraining on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:10AM (#21992652)
Nope, Twitter replaces the unicode character with an SVG image, so it should show the same for everyone.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by hippish on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:39AM (#21992977)
Depends on how you're browsing. The legacy fallback does not replace it, eg when you have js disabled
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by dubcanada on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:55AM (#21993175)
None of the emoji implementations use a solid white ghost without something else (border or shadow).
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by kick on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:40PM (#21993753)
I have JS disabled, and just viewed it in both the legacy mobile view and the legacy desktop view. Neither have what was originally described.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by m90 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:27PM (#21995984)
Not everyone has near perfect vision, in which case a better monitor won't fix too much if contrast is bad.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by tenryuu on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:45PM (#21996135)
"being a better consumer is the answer" no thanks
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by icebraining on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:02PM (#21996268)
Yes, being a good consumer (which is not the same as spending much) is important. Research your stuff before buying.
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Re:Add '127.0.0.1 xn–9q8h' to /etc/hosts gives you "localghost" by gruez on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:49AM (#21992412)
Why? if you’re talking about the homograph attack, AFAIK both Firefox and Chrome use whitelisting, which for example prevents you from using the Cyrillic “a” with other Latin letters.
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