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Re:Unicode Normalization Forms: When ö ≠ ö by BlueTemplar on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:37PM (#29754147)
Funnily base64 suffers from a related issue that the likes of base58 correct : l and I or O and 0 looking similar or even identical depending on the font !
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Re:Unicode Normalization Forms: When ö ≠ ö by dahfizz on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:07PM (#29754355)
Why does that matter? When would a human need to read and comprehend base64 encoded data?
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Re:Unicode Normalization Forms: When ö ≠ ö by kadoban on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:00AM (#29755674)
Base58 is used for example for Bitcoin addresses. Being able to type an address from one system to another is a nice property, and it's much less error-prone if you don't have to worry about look-alike characters.
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