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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by lxdesk on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:35PM (#23865626)
Neat fact: I learned the other week that this exact format(first, last, number of characters in between) is how old Forths compressed the word encoding. It has a very low collision rate.
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Re:Twitter is at its best when verified accounts can’t tweet by chrisweekly on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:28PM (#23866331)
That comment is a perfect example of what I love about HN; a polite tangential discussion about abbreviations unearthing a wholly unexpected connection to a clever technical hack. Thank you for sharing! :)
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