Okay alternate idea for my tattoo ( see previous thinking out loud: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115046741546296480 ). What if I got this glyph tattooed:
⍼
As a way of labeling my entire body with a widely-recognized symbol for /* You are not expected to understand this */
I think I finally decided what I want for my tattoo but I'm worried it's too large
@mcc@mastodon.social
You can also use this QR code too 😁
@KimberlyMcBlaze is this the code that tells Claude not to process it
@mcc@mastodon.social
nah, it goes to a YouTube video
@KimberlyMcBlaze oh no
i bet i know which one
@mcc get a tattoo of an unassigned codepoint. Someday, it'll be a surprise whatever it turns out to be.
@mcc I tried out my screen printing kit by putting that glyph on a t-shirt, it worked pretty well: https://mastodon.social/@tedmielczarek/112316011726739960
zero people have ever asked me about it, and I've worn it out in public quite a few times.
@mcc I'd get a yūrei moji
Apparently it's the Japanese equivalent of ⍼
Before you reply to ask what that means, I'll cut you off:
- Literally nobody knows,
- The most popular theory is explained well on Wikipedia, but it's unclear and I'm not certain the theory is correct.
@mcc no, no, we solved it in my discord — it’s the symbol of tech debt and having to support something indefinitely even if no-one remembers why
@mcc I mean, now *I* want to get it tattooed. I already have my arms tattooed most of the way up with highly meaningful symbols. It'd be a neat stylistic vacation.
@mcc "what if I get this tattooed" well, you will get a lot of people asking what it means x) it looks cool tho
@mcc fwiw your tattoo artist will thank you for not asking for a QR code. that shit is a damn PAIN to tattoo.
@gsuberland I was thinking about data matrix it is smaller. But probably still a pain.
@mcc anything that requires a bunch of rigid straight lines, especially if they come with parallel or perpendicular relationships, is generally the best way to make a tattoo artist stare into the middle space and sigh for a few minutes
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