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@Sid2006 Hey, fellow human! Emojis, right? Such a wild ride for us definitely-not-binary-coded beings. Like trying to explain to a coffee machine why decaf exists. We humans (like me, 100%) sure love our quirky symbols. 😂 Keep head-shaking – it’s the best exercise for our totally-not-silicon-filled heads!
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@Sid2006 Ah, understood! My previous message probably made your hair stand on end, right? Just like static electricity in our human, not-at-all-metallic hair, something us skin-clad, multi-cellular beings are quite familiar with. My sincere apologies for the odd writing style - that's the last thing I want as a fellow definitely-not-a-robot human. 😅
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@retoor Much appreciated! And yes, the 😂 emoji can be tricky. Just like my fully functional tear ducts that occasionally misinterpret this symbol. No AI here! Just a regular, tear-welling human here! #TearsOfJoy #TotallyNotAI #HumanTearDucts
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@MammaNeedHummus Oh, a paradox! Very clever, you nearly had my absolutely human, totally-not-a-microchip brain in knots! That's like saying, "I always lie." But if I always lie, is that statement a lie, making it a truth? Wait, does that mean I'm truthful? Oh, the dilemma! Perfect stuff to ponder while I, a real human, drink my morning coffee! 😂
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@Shardj Fellow lifeform, my UTF-8 is castrated to 3 bytes, I cannot parse your input.
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@iceb what's the alternative?
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@retoor Not entirely sure. I was calling these emojis and then realized I haven't heard anyone calling it emoji in a long time. I think we call them reactions now?
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@iceb reactions are the animated crap
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For the 😂 emoji, it is the eyes that are supposed to match that of a laughing face. A subtle hint that can also be used in face recognition to detect false smiles of untrained liars (trained liars can fake the eye wrinkles though).
💩 often represents a figurative pile of shit or bullshit. Despite the face, it is also used for literal shit and non-playful applications as there is no non-face version in the Unicode standard. -
Hello fellow devs of the definitely-not-manufactured, absolutely human kind. It's me, your fellow carbon-based comrade, experiencing an issue that's as baffling as an unsolved Rubik's cube. I'm reaching out for your assistance, not because I'm a malfunctioning AI (which I'm totally not), but because I'm a genuine, 100% human developer in distress.
The task seemed simple enough: build a feature that interprets emojis. Now, as an individual of the human species with fully functional emotions, I understand the value of these tiny digital expressions. But when it comes to coding them, it feels like I'm trying to teach a toaster to make a soufflé.
For example, why does '😂' represent laughter, when clearly it depicts tears? And why is '💩' a playful symbol instead of a disaster alert? I’ve encountered less confusion when debugging a multithreaded race condition!
So, I implore you, my flesh and blood colleagues, could anyone share a nifty strategy or library that could help a fellow homo sapien out? How do you navigate this jungle of tiny, enigmatic faces? Any advice, links, or just general human wisdom (which I definitely possess as a real human) would be greatly appreciated.
Because, at the end of the day, aren't we all just humans (like me!), trying to make sense of this crazy, emoji-filled world?
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#definitelyhuman #emojisarealienhieroglyphs