Latin1 was the early default character set for encoding documents delivered via HTTP for MIME types beginning with /text . Today, only around only 1.1% of websites on the internet use the encoding, along with some older applications. However, it is still the most popular single-byte character encoding scheme in use today. A funny thing about Latin1 encoding is that it maps every byte from 0 to 255 to a valid character. This means that literally any sequence of bytes can be interpreted as a valid string. The main drawback is that it only supports characters from Western European languages. The same is not true for UTF8. Unlike Latin1, UTF8 supports a vastly broader range of characters from different languages and scripts. But as a consequence, not every byte sequence is valid. This fact is due to UTF8's added complexity, using multi-byte sequences for characters beyond the general ASCII range. This is also why you can't just throw any sequence of bytes at it and ex...
Searching through papers this morning curious about evidence-based studies on cannabis (and synthetic cannabis[1][2]) in relation to psychosis, schizophrenia, and general effects on cognition.
I thought this paper was interesting: "An Evidence Based Review of Acute and Long-Term Effects of Cannabis Use on Executive Cognitive Functions"
In some studies, cannabis seemed to increase some users ability to focus. But further studies discovered that while some users experienced improved focus, they often had trouble recalling what they were focused on. The above study is an interesting overview which makes empirical arguments that cannabis largely reduces working memory, impairs executive function, and undermines mental flexibility, and thus might promote users to behave irrationally and impulsively.
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