So it turns out there are exactly 256 Braille characters in Unicode https://github.com/ferno/braille-encode …
After all, why write "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e" when you can write "⡓⣘⠙⣋⢹⠀⡥⠐⢏⠁⢈⡉⠟⡏⠢⡾"?
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@qntm Problem: They use 3 bytes per char in UTF-8, which makes it *worse* than hex encoding. -
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@Darkhogg It's a more efficient use of UTF-16, though! Platforms using UTF-16 strings include Windows and Java - 2 more replies
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@qntm Is it too late to put the MSB at the bottom, so that nybbles and bits are both in natural reading order when rotated 90° clockwise? -
@enf That would entail a major version bump. I optimised for natural reading order without any rotations :-/ - 1 more reply
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@qntm As a bonus, braille can technically be thought of as a base 2 number system.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm 8 dots, every dot is either on or off. So yeah.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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