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science4sail ◴[] No.42140143[source]
I must confess that I have an irrational fondness for the use of weird symbols in math and technical documents, whether it's for a homework assignment in school or a white-paper for work.

My unit tests are literally full of hieroglyphics. My favorite design doc to this day is one where I sprinkled Sumerian cuneiform throughout the text, e.g. 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌 and 𒂗𒆠𒄭 (Gilgamesh and Enkidu) instead of Alice and Bob.

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1. a57721 ◴[] No.42140615[source]
I'm not sure if this is a good idea, especially in code; apart from adding unnecessary confusion for the reader, this will also confuse some monospaced fonts.
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2. wil421 ◴[] No.42140884[source]
Glad I’m not GPs coworker. Time to refactor Gilgamesh.