When the Down Arrow is not an Upside-Down Up Arrow

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When the Down Arrow is not an Upside-Down Up Arrow May 25, 2022 First posts are hard, so I'll start small. Here's two arrows: ⇧ ⇩ If you're on reading this on a relatively recent smartphone, chances are you see two reflected, but otherwise identical arrows. One points up and the other points down. On MacOS (Big Sur 11.6), however, the up...
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