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by otto 5535 days ago
I always thought it was from binary. 1 being on and 0 off.
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Samuel_Michon 5535 days ago
According to the article, that's exactly where it came from.

Sadly, the symbols mentioned in the article aren't always used the way they should. For instance, earlier today there was a link on HN about an HTML5 audio player, Speakker [1], which uses the standby symbol as a play button. Confuses the hell out of me.

[1] http://www.speakker.com/demo/

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X-Istence 5535 days ago
If I hadn't read your comment I would have been very confused as well, it made me pause for a second before clicking.

Either way I wanted to thank you for leading me to some very awesome music which is available under Creative Commons!

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