• Re: ASCII Of? [Astronomy] +hints

    From xwindows@xwindows@tilde.club to tilde.art.ascii on Sun May 5 11:23:27 2024
    On Sun, 24 Dec 2023, xwindows wrote:

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    Subject is astronomy. The word has *5* letters.

    Note that by:

    Now, let's try something different...

    at the beginning of my post means this is not a drawing
    of the word in question; but rather a *symbolic* puzzle
    (or word-pun [1], if you may). Other hints are as follows:

    - If you're using desktop or laptop computer, the item you're seeing
    in the drawing is already in front of you; your thumbs are probably
    hovering over it most of the time you're composing a reply to this post.

    - The word in question is the very definition of the category
    "Astronomy" itself.

    Do you get it yet?
    ~xwindows


    [1] I had fallen into a chuckling fit when I realized of this particular pun
    the first time; which opened an entirely new class of possibilities
    on crafting ASCII Of? challenges.
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  • From W. Greenhouse@wgreenhouse@tilde.club to tilde.art.ascii on Sat May 11 15:50:15 2024
    xwindows <xwindows@tilde.club> writes:

    On Sun, 24 Dec 2023, xwindows wrote:

    _______________________________
    / \
    /_________________________________\
    / \
    "==================================="


    Subject is astronomy. The word has *5* letters.

    Note that by:

    Now, let's try something different...

    at the beginning of my post means this is not a drawing
    of the word in question; but rather a *symbolic* puzzle
    (or word-pun [1], if you may). Other hints are as follows:

    - If you're using desktop or laptop computer, the item you're seeing
    in the drawing is already in front of you; your thumbs are probably
    hovering over it most of the time you're composing a reply to this post.

    - The word in question is the very definition of the category
    "Astronomy" itself.

    Do you get it yet?
    ~xwindows


    [1] I had fallen into a chuckling fit when I realized of this particular pun
    the first time; which opened an entirely new class of possibilities
    on crafting ASCII Of? challenges.

    lmao, it's got to be FCNPR
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