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Tell me the truth ... (piefed.jeena.net)
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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

ASCII was originally a 7-bit standard. If you type in ASCII on an 8-bit system, every leading bit is always 0.

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At least ASCII is forward compatible with UTF-8

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is ascii base-7 fandom's strongest argument...

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