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The number one rule of string manipulation is that youâ€™ve got to specify your encodings.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought the garbage symbols were part of the humor of the title.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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.