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"☹️".reverse() == "πŸ™‚" (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] [S] 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Use a dynamically typed language and you won't have to: just override the default reverse() method on strings like a Real Programmer!

Unintended consequences you say? Nonsense! What could possibly go wrong?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I’m tempted to publish an NPM package to do so as a joke, but I fear that it’d get used seriously

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Where does it end though? It's a bit like infinite craft - but instead of combining resources you'd have to find an inverse for every emoji

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