Comment on U+237C ⍼ Is AzimuthComments−theamk6mocontext: a follow up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31012865 (2022), a post which started the hunt for the mysterios origin of this unicode symbol.−Conscat6moThat's become of the most memorable threads on Hacker News to me. I definitely think about it at least once most weeks.−qingcharles6moClosure finally!−IshKebab6moWell not really though. It still doesn't answer where the symbol came from; just where it was first catalogued.Presumably its original use was in some yet-unfound paper or manual where they needed a symbol for azimuth.−merlindru6mowhat will i do... with all this extra time....
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context: a follow up to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31012865 (2022), a post which started the hunt for the mysterios origin of this unicode symbol.
That's become of the most memorable threads on Hacker News to me. I definitely think about it at least once most weeks.
Closure finally!
Well not really though. It still doesn't answer where the symbol came from; just where it was first catalogued.
Presumably its original use was in some yet-unfound paper or manual where they needed a symbol for azimuth.
what will i do... with all this extra time....