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Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Goat: 45cm Duck: 50cm Might as well say “shuffled emojis with random data attached”

I managed to force this data to sort-of work by using a pygmy goat at 40-50cm tall, and a mallard deck at 50-65cm long (even larger than the site suggests). So, sure. But if you use a more typical domestic goat, like an Irish Goat, you get a height of 80-90cm. The length is even longer.

laden or unladen?

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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The correct way would be a mix of those two strategies: an onscroll handler that schedules an update through requestAnimationFrame (ensuring that it only gets scheduled once until the next frame update actually executes).

The correct way is the way that works, which this does.

Well, perhaps, but it's unnecessarily inefficient.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The correct way is the way that works, which this does.

Well, perhaps, but it's unnecessarily inefficient.

I mean, it's inefficient as for the 120 seconds you play with it. I don't think it's worth spending more time trying to perfect something like this.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

The correct way would be a mix of those two strategies: an onscroll handler that schedules an update through requestAnimationFrame (ensuring that it only gets scheduled once until the next frame update actually executes).

The correct way is the way that works, which this does.

it barely works for me on mobile. very jittery

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

#46
The popularity of Emoji to me is not good for communication.

Instead of careful and clarity in writing, people choose Emoji to respond to what needs to be more clarified.

So, if it's hard to express your thought, let's pick an Emoji!?

At work, this leads to more trouble in writing. Most of JIRA tickets are mostly non-existent that it's badly written, confusing to the developers and rest of the team.

Emoji might be just one reason for that. But anyway, it just shows the trouble on how people have problem in writing communication.

Do people overuse Emoji ? I don't think this is about overuse or not, it's about people failed at expressing their thought through writing.

Re: Show HN: Emoji to Scale

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The popularity of Emoji to me is not good for communication. Instead of careful and clarity in writing, people choose Emoji to respond to what needs to be more clarified. So, if it's hard to express your thought, let's pick an Emoji!? At work, this leads to more trouble in writing. Most of JIRA tickets are mostly non-existent that it's badly written, confusing to the developers and rest of the team. Emoji might be ju…

Emojis are fast, easy and universally understood, especially across language barriers.

Not all responses between humans need to be written in prose. Using images has been and will continue to be a significant way for humans to communicate with.

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#50

The popularity of Emoji to me is not good for communication. Instead of careful and clarity in writing, people choose Emoji to respond to what needs to be more clarified. So, if it's hard to express your thought, let's pick an Emoji!? At work, this leads to more trouble in writing. Most of JIRA tickets are mostly non-existent that it's badly written, confusing to the developers and rest of the team. Emoji might be ju…

People also use gestures and facial expressions while talking (see Italy for a frequently portrayed nation for this), why not use the next best thing in (non-formal) communication?
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