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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 01:50:50 JST Charlie Stross

   • Jim Jones
   • Vincent :coffeecup:

   @GreatBigTable @vincent It's neither of those things! It's just a slash.

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     Jim Jones (greatbigtable@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:10:31 JST Jim Jones

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     • Vincent :coffeecup:

     @vincent @cstross That's what I would say as well.

     I have been hearing more and more people say "Anti Pope Dot Org Back Slash Charlie" recently and that's what baffles me.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:10:31 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Jim Jones
     • Vincent :coffeecup:

     @GreatBigTable @vincent A lot of people seem to think "/" is called "backslash". Personally I blame Bill Gates.

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     Jim Jones (greatbigtable@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:10:33 JST Jim Jones

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     • Vincent :coffeecup:

     @cstross @vincent How would you read out a URL like: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/ ?

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     Vincent :coffeecup: (vincent@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:10:33 JST Vincent :coffeecup:

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     • Jim Jones

     @GreatBigTable @cstross I would say "Anti Pope Dot Org Forward Slash Charlie"