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Re:Why the #AskObama tweet was garbled on screen by TVD on Thursday July 07, 2011 @06:58PM (#2740630)
Including <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> is like the first thing you do when starting front-end development.

Every time you don't validate...God kills a kitten. Please, think of the kittens.

This has been a Public Service Announcement. Please code responsibly: http://validator.w3.org/

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Re:Why the #AskObama tweet was garbled on screen by jacobolus on Thursday July 07, 2011 @07:45PM (#2740742)
Just for the record, the correct spelling is now:

  <meta charset="utf-8">
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