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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:45:30 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   saved you 2 bytes. you're welcome buddy

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:46:12 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     that's 14 bits

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:46:56 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     now now, before you correct me, I didn't say octets

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:48:09 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @cwebber Still not 8-bit clear after all these years huh
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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:49:34 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     7-bit bytes? The Minsk-32 and IBM 1401 aren't real and can't hurt you

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 03:55:19 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     @cwebber didn't the 1401 use variable word length? So even more amazing than just a 7 bit architecture.

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     Socketwench (socketwench@masto.hackers.town)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 04:03:53 JST Socketwench

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     @cwebber "Ocelots."

     "Don't you mean Octets?"

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     [ravenous snarling]

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     Parade du Grotesque 💀 (paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 04:04:46 JST Parade du Grotesque 💀

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     @cwebber

     Putting on my shrink glasses, and getting my legal pad.

     "And this IBM 1401, is it in this room with us right now?"

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     . stdh . (stdh@hostux.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 06:47:29 JST . stdh .

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan @cwebber This ActivityPub business is a lot more like email than I thought.

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