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I wouldn't be surprised to find out that many of us here today like to see our work as a continuation of say the Tech Model Railroad Club or the Homebrew Computer Club, and certainly the terminology and the values of this conference, like open source for example, have their roots in that era. As a consequence it's easy to interpret any criticism of the hacker ethic—which is what I'm about to do—as a kind of assault.

The first disney princess to wear specs. hello, everybody. i'm lowri. now, lowri has a new mission — not to ban the nerd face emoji, but to have the option of adding glasses to others. anyone can submit a proposalfor a new emoji. designs are either approved or rejected by the unicode consortium, a not—for—profit organisation based in california. lowri has written to the unicode consortium, asking it to consider her plans. would it make a difference, do you think? yeah, it makes it seem like the emoji is actually being sent by me. it's not representing a nerdy face. it's representing a sm...

Lowri, 13, is campaigning for an option to add a pair of glasses on emojis.

Lowri Moore, 13, has launched a campaign urging emoji creators to make a ‘small difference’ that could ‘go a long way’.

A Nottinghamshire schoolgirl whose dream came true when Disney created a heroine with glasses in a hit film has now set her sights on taking the spectacles off the 'nerd-face' emoji.