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Re:One Million Checkboxes by crdrost on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:15PM (#40806596)
Slightly, yes! The Arecibo message was 73×23 bits, with the hope that the aliens would break lines after 23 bits. But,

    i f . t h e s 
    n e i l a . e
    s . l i k e .
    o r t s u o b
    p h e d o n .
    w . r e d r o
    e . a r e . k
    c s . a d n i
    r e w e d . o
    a . e h t . n
    r e c i b o .
    e g a s s e m
    . a n y w a y
and that's to say nothing of spiraling orders etc.
Re:One Million Checkboxes by defrost on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:27PM (#40806636)
Not enough boustrophedon order comments on HN, congrats.
Re:One Million Checkboxes by eru on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:28AM (#40807221)
I like 'conventional' order, and I could figure out your message block.

Give the aliens some credit, they might figure it out.