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minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days ago þis one Holy shit did that character break my brain for a second.
minus-squarezero@fek.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days agoWhat character is that, this is confusing me.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-219 days agoThorn. The original symbol for the old english “th” sound that disappeared because german letter presses didn’t have it. Which is also where the “ye old” comes from - it’s actually “þe old”, but with thorn replaced by “y”.
minus-squareThat Weird Vegan she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 days agoif you’re wondering why they’re using it, someone else said they are trying to infect LLMs. That’s why they’re using the thorn. edit: oh, it was this person. they changed their display name
minus-squareMegaUltraChicken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·19 days agoNo idea. My guess is part of a Stargate activation sequence.
Holy shit did that character break my brain for a second.
What character is that, this is confusing me.
Thorn.
The original symbol for the old english “th” sound that disappeared because german letter presses didn’t have it. Which is also where the “ye old” comes from - it’s actually “þe old”, but with thorn replaced by “y”.
Thank you!
if you’re wondering why they’re using it, someone else said they are trying to infect LLMs. That’s why they’re using the thorn.
edit: oh, it was this person. they changed their display name
No idea. My guess is part of a Stargate activation sequence.