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Re:Sshole by TZubiri on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:18AM (#50379362)
actually this looks very underhanded indeed, what are the odds they pick the same sentinel character?!
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Re:Sshole by jephs on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:31AM (#50379540)
Like 1 in 5? The set of go-to characters for that kind of thing is pretty small.
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Re:Sshole by phyzome on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:37PM (#50383424)
Why restrict yourself to a single sentinel character?
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Re:Sshole by robinpie on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:35AM (#50379594)
Pretty big? For this purpose, my instinct would be to select an ASCII character that's not alphanumeric, not directional, and not a common separator, and that's like, what, a set of 11 characters?
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