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 appplications. 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 e...
A list of things I’m grateful for: good friends, great family, continued sobriety, health, books, the internet, walks, music, not being in debt—but also discipline, silence, solitude, challenges, persistence, patience, and the ability to practice a multitude of things each and every day.
I’m grateful for the freedom and peace that comes with being able to live life on my own terms, without being enslaved by emergent dynamics, irrational external expectations, or the emotional labor of navigating complex, irrational, controlling scenarios.
I’m thankful for the clarity that comes from a disciplined approach to thought, where reason and evidence guide decisions, allowing for a deeper understanding of nature and a steady path through uncertainty.
Alright. Maybe I'm just joking about that last paragraph. What I actually meant to say is that I'm grateful for my irrationality and foolishness. I mean, they're a major factor in why I don't just give up. I never learned how to.
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