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Re:An Emoji from 1803 by yreg on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:31AM (#28434023)
 is not specified by Unicode. Why are you so angry?
Re:An Emoji from 1803 by rvz on Monday September 06, 2021 @10:56AM (#28434278)
A very simple question: Is '' aka (U+F8FF) and 'U+261A' emojis?

Yes or No?

Re:An Emoji from 1803 by jfk13 on Monday September 06, 2021 @01:23PM (#28435919)
> '' aka (U+F8FF)

In passing: Many HN readers on non-Apple platforms probably don't see the glyph you intended in this comment. The Apple logo does not exist as a character in the Unicode standard. U+F8FF is a Private Use Area codepoint, which has no standardised, interoperable meaning.

Yes, Apple uses this codepoint for the logo in their fonts, but that's purely a private matter, largely restricted to their platforms. (I wouldn't be surprised if non-Apple fonts that include it are actually violating a trademark, or something like that.)

Re:An Emoji from 1803 by rvz on Monday September 06, 2021 @05:33PM (#28438356)
> Many HN readers on non-Apple platforms probably don't see the glyph you intended in this comment.

That is the whole point of my comments. They cannot ever see it unless they are running on an Apple platform. Unless they wanted to see an empty box, the symbol is meaningless to non-Apple users. That is why I asked 'Can you see it?'

Even posting the 'U+261A' glyph here on HN renders nothing and a box on other sites and that is defined in the standard; but they still cannot see it.

So that is a definite 'No' then for '' aka (U+F8FF) and the same for 'U+261A'? OK.

It has been indirectly admitted. Case closed.

Re:An Emoji from 1803 by Ceiling on Monday September 06, 2021 @11:34AM (#28434713)
Emoji: a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc.

Often times, yes.

Re:An Emoji from 1803 by hnthrowaway4829 on Monday September 06, 2021 @07:47PM (#28439354)
Yes