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hairofadog
on Dec 7, 2022
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T-code – A protocol for implementing UART serial c...
Ha. Similarly a friend once told me that in days of yore she worked at a place where “postits” (as in,
will you please order some more postits
) was automatically transformed to “post*ts” in their intra-office chat system.
teh_klev
on Dec 7, 2022
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See also the "Scunthorpe Problem":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
hairofadog
on Dec 7, 2022
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I hadn't heard of this; thanks! Also made me think of Jimmy Kimmel's
Unnecessary Censorship
bit.
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