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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by squidgedcricket on Thursday October 17, 2024 @11:02PM (#41876008)
Capybaras don't have shit on hyraxes. I'm trying to be an early adopter, but like all hot new products that seem to be out of stock everywhere.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrax

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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by rsynnott on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:35AM (#41878406)
They're disadvantaged in the cute-animal stakes by their name, I think. The name implies something large, dangerous, and possibly mythical; it really doesn't fit with "round fuzzy thing somewhat smaller than a cat".
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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by itishappy on Friday October 18, 2024 @09:27AM (#41879261)
Solid market analysis. I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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