Xylight@lemdro.id to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 11 hours agofirst it was @property, then @container, and now interpolate-sizesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1146
arrow-up1146imagefirst it was @property, then @container, and now interpolate-sizesh.itjust.worksXylight@lemdro.id to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·11 hours ago…Did you add an unescaped RTL toggle character on your user name?
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·11 hours agoFor the record, I noticed because I use Friendica:
minus-squareScoopta@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 hours agoJeroba only flips the instance domain, that is way more wild
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 hours agoWhat’s it like being famous? 🤩
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 hours agoi do remember doing that a long time ago
minus-squarehirihit640@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 hours agoDoing QA testing for free? You and lil bobby tables would get along great
minus-squarePumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 hours agoI strongly think Lemmy clients should have a toggle to show usernames instead of display names. Some of the Unicode is super obnoxious.
minus-squareDarkSirrush@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoSome Lemmy clients like summit do (which I keep on, because display names are often cancer)
minus-squareHypnoticSheep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoConnect lets you filter out the Unicode into a-z, which is nice
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 hours agoAnd now you’re about to nerd-snipe me into checking if control characters are valid for user names in ActivityPub
minus-squareXylight@lemdro.idOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoThere’s probably some restrictions because I tried making an instance that had a user with a completely empty username and it didn’t federate.
minus-squarecsolisr@hub.azkware.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 hours agoBy the way, if you want to replicate this effect for fun and profit, the control character you’re searching for is U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE (or RLO for short)
…Did you add an unescaped RTL toggle character on your user name?
For the record, I noticed because I use Friendica:
Jeroba only flips the instance domain, that is way more wild
Yay I am in screenshot
What’s it like being famous? 🤩
Meh
Nice
i do remember doing that a long time ago
Doing QA testing for free? You and lil bobby tables would get along great
I strongly think Lemmy clients should have a toggle to show usernames instead of display names. Some of the Unicode is super obnoxious.
Some Lemmy clients like summit do (which I keep on, because display names are often cancer)
Connect lets you filter out the Unicode into a-z, which is nice
And now you’re about to nerd-snipe me into checking if control characters are valid for user names in ActivityPub
There’s probably some restrictions because I tried making an instance that had a user with a completely empty username and it didn’t federate.
By the way, if you want to replicate this effect for fun and profit, the control character you’re searching for is U+202E RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE (or RLO for short)