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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by css on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:54AM (#22375438)
Interesting, I was not aware about MacOS. If I run `touch :.:` it will run fine and create the file, but Finder disallows this for whatever reason:

    The name “:.:” can’t be used.
    Try using a name with fewer characters, or with no punctuation marks.
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Re:BlurHash: Algorithm to generate compact representation of... by DagAgren on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:19AM (#22375631)
Finder exchanges : and / in filenames, for compatibility with classic MacOS, which used : as a directory separator and allowed / in filenames. You can create a file named / in Finder, and it will show up as : on the file system.
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