đ Is this emoji praying hands or a high five?
đ What's the best present for celebrating a billion seconds?
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If you want a collectable (and mistake-ridden) copy of âLove Triangleâ, with a special, limited edition book cover designed by print-artist Paul Catherall. You'll get one free while stocks last. Head over to MathsGear! https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/love-triangle-by-matt-parker-signed
Hereâs some background on the âFolded Handsâ emoji mentioned in Becâs problem: https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-folded-hands/
This is the pixelated 2001 Softbank version of the Folded Hands emoji: https://emojipedia.org/softbank/2001/folded-hands
Hereâs the KDDI emoji from 2003, where someone is literally praying: https://emojipedia.org/au-kddi/type-d-1/folded-hands
You can find the âglowingâ folded hands emoji put out by Apple in 2008 here: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2/folded-hands
You can find some more variations of the folded hand emoji (including with faces) here: https://b1681952.smushcdn.com/1681952/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Early-Versions-Folded-Hands-Emojipedia-1.jpg?lossy=0&strip=1&webp=1
There were some fascinating early issues with Unicode (which made emojis universal), where âyellow heartsâ sent by iOS users would show up as âhairy heartsâ on Android phones. You can read about that here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140502051433/http://www.tuaw.com/2014/04/30/you-may-be-accidentally-sending-friends-a-hairy-heart-emoji/
You can find the Unicode emoji design guidelines here: https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Design_Guidelines
And if you want to find out whether youâve already passed your 1 Billionth Second, you can do that here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E9+seconds+in+years+and+days
If you want to find out whether youâve already passed your 1 Billionth Second, you can do that here: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=10%5E9+seconds+in+years+and+days
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