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Re:Scientists edited genes in a living person and saved his ... by nebster on Saturday December 27, 2025 @06:46PM (#46406747)
Is there a reason why I'm seeing squares between each of the characters in your message? It's making it pretty hard to read...

I'm using Chrome on Android

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Re:Scientists edited genes in a living person and saved his ... by p00dles on Saturday December 27, 2025 @07:03PM (#46406882)
Firefox on iOS, I see strikethrough but the strikes are at varying heights.
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Re:Scientists edited genes in a living person and saved his ... by dlcarrier on Sunday December 28, 2025 @09:51PM (#46416963)
The text is crossed out using Unicode combining characters of a strikethrough. This allows it to display without any specific formatting support, but it does require that the font support those characters. The font you're using doesn't support the characters, so it displays boxes, instead.
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