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Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

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uvdiv wrote: post #33
nwh wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who doesn't love 🍤? There's lot of other strange Unicode too. There's things like '⁢' (U2062 INVISIBLE TIMES), ⓞⓓⓓ ©ⓗⓐⓡⓐ©ⓣⓔⓡ ⓢⓔⓣⓢ and sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ uʍop ǝpısdn. All of which can be used to bypass filters and generally cause browser-crashing havoc. For example, this address looks like Google, but it really links to hacker news. ‮ http://news.ycombinator.com/?/moc.elgoog//:ptth

Who doesn't love 🍤? I just discovered the OS X terminal renders the friend shrimp glyph in color! edit: and it's now my $PS1.

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Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

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Post by seanp2k2 »

For the curious, this explains a lot of the science in a hands-on, approachable way: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10168686/algorithm-improv...

EDIT: As this is a deep topic, there are also books if that's more your style: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0123725380/?tag=stackoverfl08-20

or maybe you like Wikipedia (Ol' Trusty): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_detection_(computer_vis...

Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

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adnam wrote: post #12

It recognized my drawing of a cactus! http://i.imgur.com/pDgIOPk.png

I know this is supposed to be funny, but I had to flag it.

I mean, I did found it funny, but I did not enjoyed seeing that in my work (specially because I work with kids stuff)

Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

#45

Post by speeder »

uvdiv wrote: post #33
nwh wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who doesn't love 🍤? There's lot of other strange Unicode too. There's things like '⁢' (U2062 INVISIBLE TIMES), ⓞⓓⓓ ©ⓗⓐⓡⓐ©ⓣⓔⓡ ⓢⓔⓣⓢ and sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ uʍop ǝpısdn. All of which can be used to bypass filters and generally cause browser-crashing havoc. For example, this address looks like Google, but it really links to hacker news. ‮ http://news.ycombinator.com/?/moc.elgoog//:ptth

Who doesn't love 🍤? I just discovered the OS X terminal renders the friend shrimp glyph in color! edit: and it's now my $PS1.

Yes, I tested pasting "🍤" to my OSX, and was surprised by a color rendering of a friend shrimp.

(yes, you can copy the character between "" and paste in your OSX terminal)

Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

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Post by adnam »

speeder wrote: post #44
adnam wrote: post #12

It recognized my drawing of a cactus! http://i.imgur.com/pDgIOPk.png

I know this is supposed to be funny, but I had to flag it. I mean, I did found it funny, but I did not enjoyed seeing that in my work (specially because I work with kids stuff)

Are cacti considered dangerous for children in your country?

Re: Shapecatcher: Draw the Unicode character you want

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Post by suprfsat »

wmil wrote: post #32
Hupo wrote: post #3

Couldn't get it to find the unicode snowman[1]: http://i.imgur.com/gaIY9Gd.png (my drawing skills are awesome, no?) But that aside, this looks like a neat idea. Not something I have any immediate use for myself, but could certainly be useful in some situations. [1] http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2603/index.htm

I can't get it to recognize 'Pile of Poo' (U+1F4A9) Major bug.

Got it: http://i.imgur.com/9APdIbc.png
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