Show HN: Emoji to Scale • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by reginold » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 5:32 PM UTC

This is fun!

What is the biggest size jump in this database by percentage growth between one emoji and the next?

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by reginold » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

reginold wrote: post #121

This is fun! What is the biggest size jump in this database by percentage growth between one emoji and the next?

My guess is Mt Fuji (8 km) to map of Japan (1527 km).

Curiously, a map is not this size, Japan is. A map is closer to 1m.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by colejohnson66 » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 6:20 PM UTC

joshxyz wrote: post #82

tshaddox wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not quite at the end. https://emojipedia.org/atom-symbol/

Ah the ReactJS emoji!

So, is the emoji “tiny” like an atom, or “huge” like React?

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by joe5150 » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:32 PM UTC

Jyaif wrote: post #86

joe5150 wrote: post #63

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alas: https://github.com/javierbyte/emoji-to-scale/commit/b7b54d7e...

It would be better to set the data anyway, and let the code that shows the emojis determine whether to skip the emoji or not.

agreed! they could just use an arbitrary scale.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by tshaddox » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 10:53 PM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #123

joshxyz wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah the ReactJS emoji!

So, is the emoji “tiny” like an atom, or “huge” like React?

React is like 35 KB gzipped. Pretty huge in terms of JavaScript bundle size, but still physically very very small!

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by bagacrap » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

last I checked, the astrodome has, y'know, a dome on top. That's clearly an open air stadium.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by nephrite » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 2:28 PM UTC

So the emojis go left to right, but you have to scroll frop top to bottom, strange decision.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by colejohnson66 » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

tshaddox wrote: post #125

colejohnson66 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, is the emoji “tiny” like an atom, or “huge” like React?

React is like 35 KB gzipped. Pretty huge in terms of JavaScript bundle size, but still physically very very small!

Oh, for sure. React is pretty small on its own. It's when the whole site is bundled into an SPA that's over 1 MB is it an issue. I wasn't making a jab at React so much as a jab at people using React (IMO) irresponsibly.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by CRConrad » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

xcambar wrote: post #114

wartijn_ wrote: post #111

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The emoji isn't called "arm" though, it's "flexed biceps". Alternative names are: biceps | comic | flex | flexed biceps | muscle. [0] And every popular implementation shows arm + forearm + fist. [1] Giving only one part of that as the length is just wrong. Even if it were called arm, I would argue that that should be shoulder to wrist, since that's what commonly called an arm. It's also the definition that Merriam We…

Just so you know, I'm fine with calling "arm" what is between shoulder and wrist. I was just annoyed that GP seemed to diminish OP's efforts in building their page by nitpicking chosen lengths and terms, and I chose to enter the game rather than nothing. Your comments are welcome and informative, thank you for that. Dictionaries are descriptive and not normative, which confirms the common use of arm as "wrist to shou…

> Just so you know, I'm fine with calling "arm" what is between shoulder and wrist.

Great. Since that's actually what it means, in ordinary English. What you call "actually correct" "in anatomy" is professional sub-language and has no bearing on this forum. (Or any other, besides fora for professional anatomists.)

Edit: Sorry, replied to your first paragraph before even reading the rest and noticing that you actually agree... I was already slightly annoyed by your previous post, so wrote hastily. I apologize.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Post by CRConrad » Sat, Dec 04, 2021, 3:33 PM UTC

hbn wrote: post #22

wartijn_ wrote: post #9

Funny idea, but lot of these seem off. - A chicken egg is taller than 5cm. - I would say a tulip is bigger than a phone. - The okay hand sign says it's 21 cm.My hands are larger than average, but definitely smaller than 21cm. - A duck isn't bigger than a goat. - An elephant is smaller than a house.

I'm curious how he determined that fire is 40cm

Obviously didn't measure a California wildfire...