Comment by krossitalk
4 years ago
> At this rate they'll presumably be with humanity forever. Ψ
So, that's a really interesting thought. Perhaps our solution to a permanent reminder of nuclear destruction[1] could be hidden inside a plane of Unicode.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warnin...
Maybe Unicode will feature the same kind of warnings one day.
> This Unicode range is not a place of honor. No highly-esteemed symbol is registered here.
> What was here represented cultural signs that were considered powerful in our time.
Maybe we can encode instructions on how to restart society in Unicode character names? After all basically every computer contains a list of them.
That did not end well for the Georgia guidestones…
Also thought about posting that this morning, but wasn't sure anyone else would get the reference. (As context for everyone else, some kook blew up some of the guidestones last week in the middle of the night)
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