schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoxkcd #3003: Sandwich Helixxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3003: Sandwich Helixxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square1fedilinkfile-text
The number one rule of string manipulation is that you’ve got to specify your encodings. https://explainxkcd.com/3003/
minus-squarem_f@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFYI if you get mojibake like in the alt text, this is a great tool for automatically fixing it: https://github.com/rspeer/python-ftfy
FYI if you get mojibake like in the alt text, this is a great tool for automatically fixing it:
https://github.com/rspeer/python-ftfy