Talk:380: Emoticon - Revision history

162.158.38.78: Make the conversation better structured...

2024-06-08T19:39:19Z

Make the conversation better structured...

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2016-11-18T04:27:10Z

‎Trivia

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‎Trivia

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‎Trivia: new section

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 Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male? {{unsigned ip|173.245.52.145}}
-I second this. It doesn't seem to follow from anything. --[[User:VannaWho|VannaWho]] ([[User talk:VannaWho|talk]]) 11:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
+:I second this. It doesn't seem to follow from anything. --[[User:VannaWho|VannaWho]] ([[User talk:VannaWho|talk]]) 11:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
-Maybe because snakes grow to maturity much quicker than humans?
+::Maybe because snakes grow to maturity much quicker than humans? {{unsigned ip|172.70.230.250|01:30, 8 June 2024}}

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	I second this. It doesn't seem to follow from anything. --[[User:VannaWho\|VannaWho]] ([[User talk:VannaWho\|talk]]) 11:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)		I second this. It doesn't seem to follow from anything. --[[User:VannaWho\|VannaWho]] ([[User talk:VannaWho\|talk]]) 11:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
		+	Maybe because snakes grow to maturity much quicker than humans?

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	This ''may'' also be a reference or allusion to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Langford#Basilisks David Langford's basilisks], which are computer-generated images (mostly fractals) that kill or otherwise incapacitate people by triggering faults or overloads common to human neuropathways. ...I think it's just about the humor in a mythological basilisk's power transferring via emoticons, though. [[User:JET73L\|JET73L]] ([[User talk:JET73L\|talk]]) 16:05, 8 February 2013 (UTC)		This ''may'' also be a reference or allusion to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Langford#Basilisks David Langford's basilisks], which are computer-generated images (mostly fractals) that kill or otherwise incapacitate people by triggering faults or overloads common to human neuropathways. ...I think it's just about the humor in a mythological basilisk's power transferring via emoticons, though. [[User:JET73L\|JET73L]] ([[User talk:JET73L\|talk]]) 16:05, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
		+	:Cognitohazards are fun! [[User:Whoop whoop pull up\|Whoop whoop pull up]] ([[User talk:Whoop whoop pull up\|talk]]) 21:54, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

	<BSLSK05> :) {{unsigned ip\|173.72.159.14}}		<BSLSK05> :) {{unsigned ip\|173.72.159.14}}

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	Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male? {{unsigned ip\|173.245.52.145}}		Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male? {{unsigned ip\|173.245.52.145}}
		+	I second this. It doesn't seem to follow from anything. --[[User:VannaWho\|VannaWho]] ([[User talk:VannaWho\|talk]]) 11:52, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

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	The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}		The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}

−	Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male?	+	Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male? {{unsigned ip\|173.245.52.145}}

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	The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}		The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}
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		+	Why is the Basilisk a 5 year old male?

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	The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}		The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}
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−	~~== Trivia ==~~
−
−	~~U+FDD0 did in fact kill at least one chat client at the time. Konversation in particular. (and presumably any other Qt-based chat clients using QTextDocument)~~
−	~~"basically u+fdd0 (eye of basilisk, the snake) is in a char range that's marked for interchange and illegal in utf-8"~~
−	~~"but qt's utf-8 encoder let it through anyway"~~
−	~~"but it just so happens that qt's qtextdocument uses u+fdd0 as text frame delimiter"~~
−	~~"so when you append it to a qtd, counters run wrong and eventually you crash"~~
−	~~"d-bus closes the connection and crashes the client when it encounters illegal utf-8, and kde's notification system works through d-bus"~~
−	~~The problem was fixed after the xkcd "report" and Konversation now handles unicode normally.~~

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 == Trivia ==
 U+FDD0 did in fact kill at least one chat client at the time. Konversation in particular. (and presumably any other Qt-based chat clients using QTextDocument)
 "basically u+fdd0 (eye of basilisk, the snake) is in a char range that's marked for interchange and illegal in utf-8"

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	The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}		The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.133.120}}
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		+	== Trivia ==
		+
		+	==Trivia==
		+	U+FDD0 did in fact kill at least one chat client at the time. Konversation in particular. (and presumably any other Qt-based chat clients using QTextDocument)
		+	"basically u+fdd0 (eye of basilisk, the snake) is in a char range that's marked for interchange and illegal in utf-8"
		+	"but qt's utf-8 encoder let it through anyway"
		+	"but it just so happens that qt's qtextdocument uses u+fdd0 as text frame delimiter"
		+	"so when you append it to a qtd, counters run wrong and eventually you crash"
		+	"d-bus closes the connection and crashes the client when it encounters illegal utf-8, and kde's notification system works through d-bus"
		+	The problem was fixed after the xkcd "report" and Konversation now handles unicode normally.

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 ::For that matter, this particular comic is early enough that it actually ''predates'' the Roko's Basilisk story. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.78|141.101.81.78]] 15:24, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
-== What's up with the explanation?? ==
+;What's up with the explanation??
-The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it?
+The explanation is super messy, can someone who understands it fix it? {{unsigned ip|162.158.133.120}}