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50 points by benzguo 12y ago

jabo 12y ago
Top In-App Purchases Small Tip $0.99 Interesting, I did not know Apple allows donations as in-app purchases.
- interpol_p 12y ago
  Yeah that seems odd — I thought it was disallowed too. Perhaps you get something trivial? I've seen a few other devs get around it by offering something trivial for the purchase (e.g., a golden version of the app logo).
  - grrowl 12y ago
    Pedometer++[1] has donations too — "Generous Tip of $1.29", "Massive Tip of $2.49", and "Amazing Tip of $6.49" (AU pricing). According to the guidelines[2], "Apps that include the ability to make donations to recognized charitable organizations must be free", and "The collection of charitable donations must be done via a web site in Safari or an SMS". Nothing about donations not to a recognised organisation, so I'm guessing the rule is to avoid sticky laws regarding Apple's 30% non-donation slice. [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 [2]: https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guid...
hcarvalhoalves 12y ago
I can already see site moderators going crazy trying to maintain comments/forums legible.
- jvdh 12y ago
  I do really hope that we can prevent the knee-jerk reaction of just preventing all of UTF-8... Having said that, what is the best way to prevent this in comments without blocking UTF-8?
  - anigbrowl 12y ago
    ¯\(°_o)/¯
  - egypturnash 12y ago
    "Hi. I run this place. Can you please not do the Zalgo thing all the time? It drives me crazy. Thanks!" Or in a forum maybe even "Hi. If you want to speak Zalgo, please take it to the Zalgo subforum in the future. Thanks!" Or look for people piling up a bunch of diacritics on a single letter and throw an error message if you'd rather have the machine do it.
- smsm42 12y ago
  I imagine cutting off "weird unicode" won't be too hard. For English, it's super-easy - just leave ASCII with letters, numbers, punctuation, etc., cut the rest. For languages with more complex characters it will require some whitelisting I guess, and smart code to disallow stacking diacritics, etc. Sounds quite possible, I wouldn't be surprised if such libraries already existed.
  - riquito 12y ago
    And then you'll not be able to quote foreign text. Ban the user if he misbehave, not the language
JoshTriplett 12y ago
Nice; Unicode is ت awesome! Anyone know of a good web-based equivalent?
- jeffsco 12y ago
  http://eeemo.net http://eeemo.net is one.
  - JoshTriplett 12y ago
    That only does Zalgo, not the several other decorations shown in the app's screenshots.
- malka 12y ago
  T̯̹͉̗͍ͅo̟͚̰̺͓̩̩ ̣̦̱͔͓̗̭͝i̜̦͝n̛v͉̖͔o̪͕͕̝̭͇k̬̺͖̖̖͢e͕̱̹ ͘t͍̹̩͕͉h̡̳̺e̸͉̮ ͏h̖̪̯̜͞i̤̱v̗̭̝̺ḛ̠-̬̮̭̟m̺̝̮̺͕͎͎ị̗̖̪̠͍̯n̹̳d̘ ͝r̗̮̰̪̺̪͘e̙̦͉̜͡p͎̝̬̻̕r̥̦̙̹̫̜͍e̯̳̗̙șé̗̙͓̣͍n̢͙̮t̟͎̜̝͍͙͓i̢n̘̭͠g̺̠͎̦̗͡ͅ ҉̮c̼h̸̥̯̝̼̭͓ą̬̬̗̦̠̠ͅo͉͟s̻̟. ̳̤͚̰͘I̱̪͙̟̖n͓̜̺̲͙v̙͖̼̦ơ͇̱̣̹̩̜ͅk̘͓͡ḭ̧͎̤̰͇̫n҉̗̥g̪̪̯ ̗̪͇̩̺t͏h̗͉͇͚͓e̺̫͓̫͔ ̗͍͠f̹͉͕̰e͉̦ȩ̘͚̰̜̭̥ͅl̤i̲̘̮͎͔n̻͈̫̱̲͇ͅg͓̩̙ ̴̫͍̤͖o̦̦̭̞̹f̷̞̳̩͔͔ ͉̯̖͚̣̻c̡͉̰h̛̬̞̱ao̪͡s̶̝̤̯̘̤͓.͇̦̫͟ ̸͉W̗͕͖̼i̷̟̭̹ṭ̹͚͉̜h҉̫ ̮̥̫̩̫̰̪̕o̵̳̱̤̝̤̹͓ư͎̥̜t̸͙̳̳ ͔o͕͜r̢̝̙̜ḍ͇͕e҉̣͖̤ŗ̰̲.̣ ͉͙ͅT͚͖̫̣͇͜h̢̻e̯̟̘͈̠̟͈ ͍N̷̝̜͕̘̯e̖͉̻͈̪̪z̨̺̜p҉̹e̜̱̜r͉̳̯͠d͏͈̘̟͈̣̤i̯͎a̹̲̗̯̝͔͈n̷͓̤̜͎ ̤̪̘̻h̟̱̠i̫̫̻̳v͇̘̠͓͇͖̺e͇̣͙-͈̠͇̭m̰̣͎͙̜̭i͚͓̩̫̞̟n͎̫̮̫̫͟ͅd͕͡ ͓͍͞ͅơ̠f̲̺̣͓̭̭̪ ͎͢c̛͉̙h̪͚̻̻̞̻͇͘a̗o͎̞̜̤̗s҉̱.͏ ͕Z̛͚̞̪̝a͡l͖͈g͡o͔̜̪.̮͚̖̬̬̩͖ ̤Ḫ̱̹͜ͅe͇̥ ̰͈̼͇̩̪͇̕w͉̻̠̳̠̩͟h̥̬͓̹̼͎̻o͓͎̙̣ ͇W̲̥̯̩̲a͔̰͈͔̫͎͕i͙t̫̺̼͉̥s̤͉͔̲̜͎͟ͅ ͍͓́B̺̩̙̲eh̖̥̜̙ͅi̜̙ṇ̩̤̮͉͘d͈̤̭͚̫ ̫͚͚̝͕͉͢T͕̰̥̯he̴͉͕̻͇̗̫ W͍ạ͍̺̠̞͜ļ̞̞̮̲l̤̤͠.̪̫̺̘̣̖͍ ̞͉Z̨̠̩͉͍̖̗A̶͖͇̼͇̥̙̝L̴̼̪̹̲̜̼̜G̶͕̺̩̭̳̬O͉̼̠͖̗̕!̰̺͇
- sovok 12y ago
  I made http://lunicode.com http://lunicode.com, which does Zalgo, Flipping and other things.
Zaheer 12y ago
There's already many apps like this - I see ascii comments all the time on Instagram. What makes this one unique?
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
- benzguo 12y ago
  ...._👑__ 💀? ༼◕╭╮◕༽ノ glitch hamlet https://t.co/Lwc5nIjg6q https://t.co/Lwc5nIjg6q
troymc 12y ago
Don't miss the customer reviews.
joshu 12y ago
I love it.
sheetjs 12y ago
On a side note, many javascript libraries and browsers don't handle astral characters in utf-8 encoded text (such as sushi 🍣). http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode
- lloeki 12y ago
  > astral characters I was looking for the relationship between sushi and astral sign characters when I realised reading your link that, while I knew unicode was split in planes, I didn't know about most of them being astral, which deeply satisfied the roleplaying nerd in me.
runnr_az 12y ago
This is pretty silly... good job making a thing! (And I hope to G-d my QA department doesn't find this stuff and start jamming it into my app.)
billpg 12y ago
What's the glitch?

50 points by benzguo 12y ago

jabo 12y ago

Top In-App Purchases Small Tip $0.99 Interesting, I did not know Apple allows donations as in-app purchases.

interpol_p 12y ago
Yeah that seems odd — I thought it was disallowed too. Perhaps you get something trivial? I've seen a few other devs get around it by offering something trivial for the purchase (e.g., a golden version of the app logo).
- grrowl 12y ago
  Pedometer++[1] has donations too — "Generous Tip of $1.29", "Massive Tip of $2.49", and "Amazing Tip of $6.49" (AU pricing). According to the guidelines[2], "Apps that include the ability to make donations to recognized charitable organizations must be free", and "The collection of charitable donations must be done via a web site in Safari or an SMS". Nothing about donations not to a recognised organisation, so I'm guessing the rule is to avoid sticky laws regarding Apple's 30% non-donation slice. [1]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8 [2]: https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guid...

hcarvalhoalves 12y ago

I can already see site moderators going crazy trying to maintain comments/forums legible.

jvdh 12y ago
I do really hope that we can prevent the knee-jerk reaction of just preventing all of UTF-8... Having said that, what is the best way to prevent this in comments without blocking UTF-8?
- anigbrowl 12y ago
  ¯\(°_o)/¯
- egypturnash 12y ago
  "Hi. I run this place. Can you please not do the Zalgo thing all the time? It drives me crazy. Thanks!" Or in a forum maybe even "Hi. If you want to speak Zalgo, please take it to the Zalgo subforum in the future. Thanks!" Or look for people piling up a bunch of diacritics on a single letter and throw an error message if you'd rather have the machine do it.
smsm42 12y ago
I imagine cutting off "weird unicode" won't be too hard. For English, it's super-easy - just leave ASCII with letters, numbers, punctuation, etc., cut the rest. For languages with more complex characters it will require some whitelisting I guess, and smart code to disallow stacking diacritics, etc. Sounds quite possible, I wouldn't be surprised if such libraries already existed.
- riquito 12y ago
  And then you'll not be able to quote foreign text. Ban the user if he misbehave, not the language

JoshTriplett 12y ago

Nice; Unicode is ت awesome! Anyone know of a good web-based equivalent?

jeffsco 12y ago
http://eeemo.net http://eeemo.net is one.
- JoshTriplett 12y ago
  That only does Zalgo, not the several other decorations shown in the app's screenshots.
malka 12y ago
T̯̹͉̗͍ͅo̟͚̰̺͓̩̩ ̣̦̱͔͓̗̭͝i̜̦͝n̛v͉̖͔o̪͕͕̝̭͇k̬̺͖̖̖͢e͕̱̹ ͘t͍̹̩͕͉h̡̳̺e̸͉̮ ͏h̖̪̯̜͞i̤̱v̗̭̝̺ḛ̠-̬̮̭̟m̺̝̮̺͕͎͎ị̗̖̪̠͍̯n̹̳d̘ ͝r̗̮̰̪̺̪͘e̙̦͉̜͡p͎̝̬̻̕r̥̦̙̹̫̜͍e̯̳̗̙șé̗̙͓̣͍n̢͙̮t̟͎̜̝͍͙͓i̢n̘̭͠g̺̠͎̦̗͡ͅ ҉̮c̼h̸̥̯̝̼̭͓ą̬̬̗̦̠̠ͅo͉͟s̻̟. ̳̤͚̰͘I̱̪͙̟̖n͓̜̺̲͙v̙͖̼̦ơ͇̱̣̹̩̜ͅk̘͓͡ḭ̧͎̤̰͇̫n҉̗̥g̪̪̯ ̗̪͇̩̺t͏h̗͉͇͚͓e̺̫͓̫͔ ̗͍͠f̹͉͕̰e͉̦ȩ̘͚̰̜̭̥ͅl̤i̲̘̮͎͔n̻͈̫̱̲͇ͅg͓̩̙ ̴̫͍̤͖o̦̦̭̞̹f̷̞̳̩͔͔ ͉̯̖͚̣̻c̡͉̰h̛̬̞̱ao̪͡s̶̝̤̯̘̤͓.͇̦̫͟ ̸͉W̗͕͖̼i̷̟̭̹ṭ̹͚͉̜h҉̫ ̮̥̫̩̫̰̪̕o̵̳̱̤̝̤̹͓ư͎̥̜t̸͙̳̳ ͔o͕͜r̢̝̙̜ḍ͇͕e҉̣͖̤ŗ̰̲.̣ ͉͙ͅT͚͖̫̣͇͜h̢̻e̯̟̘͈̠̟͈ ͍N̷̝̜͕̘̯e̖͉̻͈̪̪z̨̺̜p҉̹e̜̱̜r͉̳̯͠d͏͈̘̟͈̣̤i̯͎a̹̲̗̯̝͔͈n̷͓̤̜͎ ̤̪̘̻h̟̱̠i̫̫̻̳v͇̘̠͓͇͖̺e͇̣͙-͈̠͇̭m̰̣͎͙̜̭i͚͓̩̫̞̟n͎̫̮̫̫͟ͅd͕͡ ͓͍͞ͅơ̠f̲̺̣͓̭̭̪ ͎͢c̛͉̙h̪͚̻̻̞̻͇͘a̗o͎̞̜̤̗s҉̱.͏ ͕Z̛͚̞̪̝a͡l͖͈g͡o͔̜̪.̮͚̖̬̬̩͖ ̤Ḫ̱̹͜ͅe͇̥ ̰͈̼͇̩̪͇̕w͉̻̠̳̠̩͟h̥̬͓̹̼͎̻o͓͎̙̣ ͇W̲̥̯̩̲a͔̰͈͔̫͎͕i͙t̫̺̼͉̥s̤͉͔̲̜͎͟ͅ ͍͓́B̺̩̙̲eh̖̥̜̙ͅi̜̙ṇ̩̤̮͉͘d͈̤̭͚̫ ̫͚͚̝͕͉͢T͕̰̥̯he̴͉͕̻͇̗̫ W͍ạ͍̺̠̞͜ļ̞̞̮̲l̤̤͠.̪̫̺̘̣̖͍ ̞͉Z̨̠̩͉͍̖̗A̶͖͇̼͇̥̙̝L̴̼̪̹̲̜̼̜G̶͕̺̩̭̳̬O͉̼̠͖̗̕!̰̺͇
sovok 12y ago
I made http://lunicode.com http://lunicode.com, which does Zalgo, Flipping and other things.

Zaheer 12y ago

There's already many apps like this - I see ascii comments all the time on Instagram. What makes this one unique?

deleted 12y ago
[deleted]
benzguo 12y ago
...._👑__ 💀? ༼◕╭╮◕༽ノ glitch hamlet https://t.co/Lwc5nIjg6q https://t.co/Lwc5nIjg6q

troymc 12y ago

Don't miss the customer reviews.

joshu 12y ago

I love it.

sheetjs 12y ago

On a side note, many javascript libraries and browsers don't handle astral characters in utf-8 encoded text (such as sushi 🍣). http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-unicode

lloeki 12y ago
> astral characters I was looking for the relationship between sushi and astral sign characters when I realised reading your link that, while I knew unicode was split in planes, I didn't know about most of them being astral, which deeply satisfied the roleplaying nerd in me.

runnr_az 12y ago

This is pretty silly... good job making a thing! (And I hope to G-d my QA department doesn't find this stuff and start jamming it into my app.)

billpg 12y ago

What's the glitch?