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In particular, case conversion is often used to implement case-insensitive comparision, an operation that is often present on the program's fast paths as a part of data container lookups and content manipulation. So it is usually desirable to make case conversions as fast as possible. In this post we are going to look at one of the options - very fast case conversion using compressed lookup tables and also at some options for compressing these even further. If in rush, you can jump straight to the Conclusion. Lookup tables The simplest way to do the case conversion is with a lookup table:

As communication about science and health increasingly moves online, new ways are emerging for people to participate in public dialogue about advances in science. One of these is the use of emojis – ‘picture characters’, from the Japanese ‘e’ (picture) and ‘moji’ (character). These have, in the last decade, become increasingly popular as a form of visual communication that indicates specific reactions and emotional responses. The popularity of the genre was highlighted in 2015 when the Oxford Dictionary chose the popular ‘face with tears of joy’ emoji as its ‘Word of the...

Why decisions on emoji design should be made more inclusive Updated / Monday, 25 Sep 2017 15:27 All the emojis Before the colourful emoji we use as shorthand and punctuation appear on our keyboards, there's a surprisingly complex bureaucratic design and selection process to go through You can't deny the popularity of emoji. If the fact that July 17th is World Emoji Day isn't enough to convince you, then consider that the Emoji Movie will be released in early August, and that Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 was the emoji: "face with tears of joy" ??. But where do emoji come from? Wh...

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FRED MILLER I woke up this morning thinking about emojis, which is very disturbing because I hate emojis. I was thinking about them because several members of my beloved family were taunting me – yes, taunting, and worse, in a pitying way – during an exchange of cellphone texts which I confessed I could not understand. Emojis were involved. “Poor father, he’s so old and out of it,” was the general tone. I was so disturbed that I had to go out and chainsaw down a tree to regain my normal sunny disposition. Then I got online to do a little research into emojis, to see whether I am jus...