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xkcd #3003: Sandwich Helix(xkcd.com)

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The number one rule of string manipulation is that you’ve got to specify your encodings.

https://explainxkcd.com/3003/

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m_f@midwest.social
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FYI if you get mojibake like in the alt text, this is a great tool for automatically fixing it:

https://github.com/rspeer/python-ftfy

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style99@lemm.ee
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I thought the garbage symbols were part of the humor of the title.

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m_f@midwest.social
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Totally. My comment was just a note that if you screw up like the alt text is humorously referring to, that’s a good tool for fixing it.

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