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Re:Actually Portable Executables by stephc_int13 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:02AM (#26294258)
In my opinion, the most important drawback to your work and its adoption is the use of fancy unicode characters in the name.

I think your work is outstanding but it looks a bit childish/bizarre with this name, and thus it might prevent some people to trust its reliability.

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Re:Actually Portable Executables by chacha2 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:15AM (#26294351)
Naming Your Child | David Mitchell's Soapbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xblh12XgQ4o

The first half is relevant.

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Re:Actually Portable Executables by lordofgibbons on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:11AM (#26294319)
The future is now, old man
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Re:Actually Portable Executables by metalliqaz on Sunday February 28, 2021 @11:11AM (#26294318)
you must mean ape. But the package itself doesn't seem to use any such characters.
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