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You can then say that all character sets are shorthand for pure binary codes. Just if your language doesn't use it it doesn't mean it's still "just a shorthand

by acqq 11y ago

You can then say that all character sets are shorthand for pure binary codes. Just if your language doesn't use it it doesn't mean it's still "just a shorthand."

uola 11y ago
Well, to some limit. I run into chinese form all the time that doesn't accept more than 10 characters. PS. Thank you for reposting my comment comment in an earlier thread [0], but it's not that I've been flagged, I've been hellbanned [1]. This is how "hacker" news threats it contributing members with another perspective. And yes, I do know what I'm talking about, because I'm in China. But no, not Chinese. Enjoy the timewasting. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11675395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11675395 [1] Turn showdead on, visit https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uola https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uola
0x6c6f6c 11y ago
But what came first? I don't believe ASCII or UTF preceded the creation of the written language.
- acqq 11y ago
  > But what came first? Ñ existed long before USA, ASCII and UTF. So nobody should think that today "Ñ" is a shorthand. ----------- (out of topic, just for moderators: hello mods, dang, why in the world is the user "uola" "hellbanned"? just because he posted too many responses? maybe he should have been informed to slow down, I know you have that feature. Is the reason is not to let know the "bots" or malicious users when the point of "too much" starts? Please ignore my question if it's inconvenient to answer, I just hope uola gets the chance to comment from some point in time later as I haven't seen anything bad in the dead comments.)
  - biot 11y ago
    If you click the timestamp (ie: "n minutes ago") on a dead post, you can vouch for it.
mc32 11y ago
To me it's the same as using "vowel+e" to indicate umlaut on a vowel. It's an alternative transcription. In the US we can spell Müller as Müller, Mueller or Muller. All of them are correct and accepted. We understand the tradeoffs.

by acqq 11y ago

You can then say that all character sets are shorthand for pure binary codes. Just if your language doesn't use it it doesn't mean it's still "just a shorthand."

uola 11y ago

Well, to some limit. I run into chinese form all the time that doesn't accept more than 10 characters. PS. Thank you for reposting my comment comment in an earlier thread [0], but it's not that I've been flagged, I've been hellbanned [1]. This is how "hacker" news threats it contributing members with another perspective. And yes, I do know what I'm talking about, because I'm in China. But no, not Chinese. Enjoy the timewasting. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11675395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11675395 [1] Turn showdead on, visit https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uola https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=uola

0x6c6f6c 11y ago

But what came first? I don't believe ASCII or UTF preceded the creation of the written language.

acqq 11y ago
> But what came first? Ñ existed long before USA, ASCII and UTF. So nobody should think that today "Ñ" is a shorthand. ----------- (out of topic, just for moderators: hello mods, dang, why in the world is the user "uola" "hellbanned"? just because he posted too many responses? maybe he should have been informed to slow down, I know you have that feature. Is the reason is not to let know the "bots" or malicious users when the point of "too much" starts? Please ignore my question if it's inconvenient to answer, I just hope uola gets the chance to comment from some point in time later as I haven't seen anything bad in the dead comments.)
- biot 11y ago
  If you click the timestamp (ie: "n minutes ago") on a dead post, you can vouch for it.

mc32 11y ago

To me it's the same as using "vowel+e" to indicate umlaut on a vowel. It's an alternative transcription. In the US we can spell Müller as Müller, Mueller or Muller. All of them are correct and accepted. We understand the tradeoffs.