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by Piskvorrr 365 days ago
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince has entered the chat.

(the name was a unique symbol)

Yes, all abstractions leak, there will always be edge cases. Doesn't mean "JUST USE ASCII DUH" (the lowercase extension is for the wimps); a whole spectrum exists between these extremes.

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Right. Unicode is the current best effort good faith way to include everyone.

It isn't perfect, and there's always a way to subvert good faith if you want to make a point or just be an asshole. The Unicode Consortium is working on the first, and the second can be handled by the majestic indifference of bureaucracy.