[HN Gopher] Emojimix
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       Emojimix
        
       Author : 6581
       Score  : 246 points
       Date   : 2021-11-22 12:16 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | junon wrote:
       | The prompts are super annoying and don't make me want to check
       | out the rest of the site. Takes me out of the experience a bit,
       | especially because it's like a worse popup since they can't be
       | blocked.
       | 
       | That said, this is cute. I wonder if this uses the same approach
       | that certain Android keyboards use to combine emojis
        
         | vadfa wrote:
         | What prompts?
        
           | junon wrote:
           | Confirmations to click OK and go see the rest of their site.
        
             | vadfa wrote:
             | I haven't seen anything like that, but granted I haven't
             | used the mixer for very long.
        
       | kaeruct wrote:
       | I love it but the popups get a bit annoying. Especially because I
       | want to stay on the page but they take me away from it if I click
       | OK.
       | 
       | I think it's okay to plug your other projects and ask for
       | feedback, but maybe open it in a new tab? Or just have regular
       | links in the page, and users will click them if they want to.
        
       | EMM_386 wrote:
       | Pretty neat. I wonder how many hours were spent by how many
       | people to hand-create 15,000 custom emoji mash-ups?
       | 
       | The ROI calculations on this feature must have been interesting.
        
       | xyzzy_plugh wrote:
       | See also https://emoji.kitchen/ by who I assume the same folks as
       | the Gboard feature.
        
         | 0x008 wrote:
         | https://emoji.kitchen/?e1=winking-face&e2=last-quarter-moon-...
        
       | kodeninja wrote:
       | Seems kinda relevant!
       | 
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%A4%A7+%F0%9F%8C%8D
        
         | pphysch wrote:
         | See also:
         | 
         | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%8C%87+%F0%9F%A6%A0
        
           | ghayes wrote:
           | And hopefully not this:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%8C%87+%F0%9F%A6%82
           | 
           | But honestly, the effort put into customizing each
           | combination is insane. There are about 189 * 189 = 35721
           | total combinations and most are bespoke in the best possible
           | way.
           | 
           | Some cool ones I've found:                   \* bird+owl:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%90%A6+%F0%9F%A6%89
           | \* pig+fire:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%90%B7+%F0%9F%94%A5 (Not
           | safe for vegans)         \* turtle+rainbow:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%90%A2+%F0%9F%8C%88
           | \* flower+tree:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%8C%B7+%F0%9F%8C%B2
           | \* broken_heart+star:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%92%94+%E2%AD%90         \*
           | monkey+half_moon:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%90%B5+%F0%9F%8C%9B
           | \* owl+robot:
           | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%A6%89+%F0%9F%A4%96 (Birds
           | aren't real)
        
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       | f1refly wrote:
       | Randall Munroes proposal was not in vain it seems:
       | 
       | https://xkcd.com/1813/
       | 
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%A4%AE+%F0%9F%A4%A0
        
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       | andybak wrote:
       | Now. Is it just me or
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%A6%94+%F0%9F%A5%91 ?
        
       | codetrotter wrote:
       | Pretty neat. I did notice though that if you try to combine
       | sleeping face with monkey covering its eyes, you get just the
       | plain sleeping face for some reason.
        
       | robofanatic wrote:
       | poop+poop=poop ice cream -\\_(tsu)_/-
       | 
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%92%A9+%F0%9F%92%A9
        
       | jhowison wrote:
       | The tuna fish + clown face rendering an actual clown fish
       | (finding Nemo style) is my favorite so far.
       | 
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%90%9F+%F0%9F%A4%A1
        
       | thih9 wrote:
       | The attention to detail is some cases is impressive. E.g. in the
       | regular owl emoji the owl has its wings folded; but when mixed
       | with a celebrating emoji, it spreads its wings. Not to mention
       | mixing bat and cake.
       | 
       | That being said, the UI can be annoying. It's hard to scroll the
       | lists and the popups are distracting.
        
       | afranchuk wrote:
       | I use these from Gboard all the time. If you're using Android
       | it's my go-to keyboard, allowing you to resize and shift the
       | keyboard to where it's comfortable for your hand (among other
       | features).
        
         | numlock86 wrote:
         | Oh, nice tip. Didn't know this was a thing until now. Thanks.
        
       | hbn wrote:
       | The UI for the search is pretty confusing. It took me a minute or
       | so to realize that once you click a magnifying glass, a giant
       | searchbar appears at the bottom
        
       | donut wrote:
       | (christmas tree) + (eyeballs) shows me a turtle:
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%91%80+%F0%9F%8C%B2
       | 
       | (Looks like that combo isn't found.)
        
         | linux2647 wrote:
         | :eyes: doesn't seem to have a lot of pairings, but there are
         | some with some of the heart emoji (EDIT: I tried adding a
         | permalink, but I'm having trouble doing so on mobile; does HN
         | not support full Unicode?)
        
       | Chris2048 wrote:
       | Ahegao: https://tikolu.net/emojimix/+
        
         | Chris2048 wrote:
         | Yes, it was (rolls eyes) plus (shocked face)
        
         | mixedCase wrote:
         | Did Hacker News strip the emoji from the URL?
        
           | linux2647 wrote:
           | That's what I'm finding
        
       | beznet wrote:
       | vomit emjoi + anything else is pretty hilarious
        
       | armchairhacker wrote:
       | Doing the math there are 14,028 different emojis. Are there
       | really this many and were they all made by hand?
       | 
       | EDIT: Some are missing and some are repeats, but honestly those
       | seem to be the minority. Most of these are there are pretty well-
       | executed.
        
         | riggsdk wrote:
         | Most likely every emoji was broken up into segments that are
         | tagged for what they are + their relative importance to the
         | emoji + where they should be located. When combining two
         | emoji's you pick out the top weighted parts of the emoji and
         | combines them in some clever way. Llama+bee becomes a yellow
         | striped lama with antennae.
         | 
         | Certain modifications are made in some cases like where
         | Bread+Cat results in a cat wearing a bread "helmet" where you
         | see the cat's body (which you normally don't). There are most
         | likely high-level rules governing this so it doesn't have to be
         | made on each single emoji combination. Most likely emoji's
         | tagged [animal] combined with "Bread" uses that pattern.
         | [animal]+[animal] becomes the first animal wearing the second
         | animal as a costume and so on.
        
           | philote wrote:
           | Yep, and I'm guessing there are also groups of emoji that
           | work the same when merged with another emoji. For example, I
           | think any monkey emoji + bread gives monkey bread.
        
       | robofanatic wrote:
       | pretty cute poop-man.
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%92%A9+%E2%9B%84
        
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       | isoprophlex wrote:
       | No eggplant emoji. Barely usable.
       | 
       | [jk ;)]
        
       | vortico wrote:
       | Here's a list of hundreds of funny examples.
       | https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/09/29/gboard-emoji-kitche...
       | Someone could probably make a huge table of all of them on one
       | page.
        
       | jagger27 wrote:
       | Same concept but with Pokemon: https://pokemon.alexonsager.net/
        
       | _hao wrote:
       | Some of these combos are truly hilarious, while others are creepy
       | and sad. Love it!
        
       | ddek wrote:
       | This is my favourite:
       | https://tikolu.net/emojimix/%F0%9F%98%80+%F0%9F%98%B6
       | 
       | That was really fun! I'd like to see all the combinations
       | rendered out as a matrix though.
        
       | mvdwoord wrote:
       | Very entertaining.. I follow https://twitter.com/EmojiMashupPlus
       | for some time now and it also has very funny combinations.
        
       | gradys wrote:
       | I hope compojis makes it into some kind of standard. Some of the
       | combinations are just silly, but often they help express an
       | emotion that is difficult to express concisely otherwise. Maybe
       | ligatures could work as a technical avenue?
        
         | arsome wrote:
         | I think there must already be a standard for this for the
         | racist ones and stuff.
        
           | 0des wrote:
           | Emojis aren't racist.
        
             | arsome wrote:
             | Racialized? I dunno, it's a thing already in any case.
        
       | raphar wrote:
       | My daughter loves it :). But she asks for better WhatsApp
       | integration, lol.
       | 
       | Good work!
        
       | rawling wrote:
       | I've had fun finding these on the keyboard for a while - it's
       | great to come across a new emoji that combines and then go
       | through all the others to see what you get. (The key question
       | being, will it combine with City to give Giant X Destroying City,
       | or just City With X For A Sun?)
       | 
       | One that annoys me - _something_ combines with bread to give
       | Giant Circular Tear And Share Bread, but I've yet to find out
       | what it is. (Edit: oh my god it's monkey bread.)
        
       | Jellyspice wrote:
       | this is fun! I'm curious, how do you blend the two emoji?
        
         | robofanatic wrote:
         | it seems like they were hand made by some artist. first I
         | thought there was some AI/ML going on. But these are too good
         | to have been made by some algorithm
        
       | wongarsu wrote:
       | Really cool concept. Apparently these are all handmade emojis
       | made for Google's Android Keyboard [1]. And by the looks of it
       | they are all available at fairly obvious URLs [2], which this
       | tool exposes in a fun interface.
       | 
       | 1: https://9to5google.com/2021/09/24/gboard-emoji-kitchen-list/
       | 
       | 2: e.g.
       | https://www.gstatic.com/android/keyboard/emojikitchen/202108...
        
         | meibo wrote:
         | There's also a lot of funny combinations that use three emoji,
         | which you can't do with this page, if anyone's using Gboard
         | already they should definitely give it a go :)
        
           | rawling wrote:
           | Wait, seriously? I thought the keyboard stopped at 2!
        
           | smlacy wrote:
           | Examples?
        
         | ziml77 wrote:
         | I'm glad they're done by hand because I was expecting
         | horrifying results when it rolled a cat on one side and an
         | arrow through a heart on the other.
        
         | blacksmith_tb wrote:
         | I am surprised that they aren't SVG not PNG, or maybe those are
         | in some other directory structure...
        
         | rawling wrote:
         | Thanks for pointing out the URL - I tried and failed to find it
         | when I discovered these for myself, but now you've found it for
         | me I might try to make something to enumerate them.
        
           | jeomi36033460 wrote:
           | All the two emoji combinations are enumerated at
           | https://github.com/UCYT5040/Google-Sticker-Mashup-Research.
           | 
           | There is also info about the internal API Gboard uses on
           | there.
        
             | rawling wrote:
             | Ah, brilliant, thankyou.
        
       | davguerrero wrote:
       | "Loudly Crying Face" and "Upside-Down Face" are a fun combo
       | 
       | Were these all made by hand?
        
         | martneumann wrote:
         | Try "bread" and "fire" :)
         | 
         | Yes, as another user pointed out, they are part of the Google
         | Android Keyboard.
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29305546#29305835
        
           | riggsdk wrote:
           | Fire+newspaper = Newspaper showing the world on fire
           | 
           | Fire+pig = frying pan cooking bacon
           | 
           | Fire+bird = phoenix
           | 
           | Fire+Cake = burnt cake
        
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       | iamcurious wrote:
       | Turtle + turtle = turtles all the way down
        
       | 323 wrote:
       | Use the same face emoji on both sides to get a high-powered
       | version of it.
        
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