#1953: The History of Unicode
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[1988:]
[A bearded man holds a document labelled "Unicode". Most likely he represents Joe Becker.]
Bearded man: My "Unicode" standard should help reduce problems caused by incompatible binary text encodings.
[2018:]
[A tweet from Twitter is shown. To the left of Senator Angus King's name is his avatar (a face with a mustache) and to the right is the blue checkmark used by Twitter to signify a verified user.]
Senator Angus King
@SenAngusKing
Great news for Maine - we're getting a lobster emoji!!! Thanks to @unicode for recognizing the impact of this critical crustacean, in Maine and across the country.
Yours truly,
Senator 🐮👑
2/7/18 3:12 PM
[Cueball and the bearded man (the latter now grey-haired) are looking at a wall with the Unicode standard, labeled "1988", and Senator King's tweet, labeled "2018", posted on it.]
Cueball: What... what happened in those thirty years?
Bearded man: Things got a little weird, okay?
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:2048: "Great news for Maine—we're once again an independent state!!! Thanks, @unicode, for ruling in our favor and sending troops to end New Hampshire's annexation. 🙏🚁🎖️"