TLDR: Visit the resource¹ → whisper "I'm here" → open a pull request → bump counter.txt by exactly +1 (in any numeral system) → 🥂
The Resource: vlq.ai¹, scalver.org¹
- Conventional Commits only.
Examples:counter(emoji): @doctor~who
- File touch limit: your PR may modify only (can be renegotiated)
counter.txtREADME.md
- Manual Compute: A few (two) special dedicated engineers will do the delta check.
- Numeral freedom: represent the increment in any public-domain numeral system (see snapshot below). Add a new table if your digits aren’t listed.
- Optional: Answer the questions.
- Optional: Add a new numeral system (public-domain) and questions.
- Origin: Japanese mobile messaging; formalised by Unicode
- First Attested: 2010 CE (Unicode 6.0); expanded in later releases
- Principal Authors:
- Concept pioneered by Shigetaka Kurita (NTT DOCOMO, 1999);
- Maintained by the Unicode Consortium
Question 1: If emoji express (encode) feelings, why do they also include the digits 0️⃣–9️⃣?¹
Question 2: Why did emoji originate in Japan?²
Question 3: What do Heptapod Language (Arrival, 2016), Classical Chinese, and emoji have in common?³
¹I heard some rumours, but basically idk.
²I don't know.
³There are several things, but, I find especially interesting one thing
| Value | Emoji |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0️⃣ |
| 1 | 1️⃣ |
| 2 | 2️⃣ |
| 3 | 3️⃣ |
| 4 | 4️⃣ |
| 5 | 5️⃣ |
| 6 | 6️⃣ |
| 7 | 7️⃣ |
| 8 | 8️⃣ |
| 9 | 9️⃣ |
%PLACEHOLDER-FOR-THE-ANSWERS%¹
¹Manual Compute
- Fork? Yes.
- Licence? We don't know how to answer yet.