halcy :icosahedron:
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devSJR :python: :rstats:
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Off-label uses of pandoc: conversion between text encodings.
E.g., UTF-8 to UTF-16:
echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.toencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))'
Other direction:
echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.fromencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))'
The set of supported encodings is platform dependent, but always includes UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, and latin1.
Off-label uses of pandoc: conversion between text encodings.
E.g., UTF-8 to UTF-16:
echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.toencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))'
Other direction:
echo 'X' | pandoc lua -e 'io.write(pandoc.text.fromencoding(io.read"a", "utf-16"))'
The set of supported encodings is platform dependent, but always includes UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, and latin1.
No matter how badly you screw up at work, at least your silly mistake won't be absolutely IMMORTALIZED in the #Unicode specification. Unless you work at Unicode, in which case, good luck. We're all counting on you.
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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A small collection of text-only websites
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/A couple of years ago, I started serving my blog posts as plain text. Add .txt to the end of any URl and get a deliciously lo-fi, UTF-8, mono[chrome|space] alternative.
Here's this post in plain text - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites.txt
Obviously a webpage without links is like a fish without a bicycle, but the joy of the web is that there are no gatekeepers. People can try new concepts and, if enough people join in, it becomes normal. I'm not saying the plain-text is the best web experience. But it is an experience. Perfect if you like your browsing fast, simple, and readable. There are no cookie banners, pop-ups, permission prompts, autoplaying videos, or garish colour schemes.
I'm certainly not the first person to do this, so I thought it might be fun to gather a list of websites which you browse in text-only mode. If you know of any more - including your own site - please drop a comment in the box!
- Terence Eden's blog - add
.txtto any URl. - Daring Fireball - add
.textto any URl. - Zach Flowers - replace
.htmlwith.txt. - Fabien Benetou's PIM - add
?action=sourceto any URl. - M0YNG - add
.txtto any URl. - Gwern - add
.mdto any URl or send an HTTP Accept for Markdown. - Dan Q's textplain.blog - the entire blog is plain text!
- Matt Hobbs - there is a feed of plaintext which allows you to read recent posts.
If you'd like to add a site, please get in touch. The rules are simple - content which has the MIME type of text/plain. No HTML, no multimedia, no RTF, no XML, no ANSI colour escape sequences.
Emoji are fine though; emoji are cool.
#blogging #blogs #text #unicode #utf8
Terence Eden
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🆕 blog! “A small collection of text-only websites”
A couple of years ago, I started serving my blog posts as plain text. Add .txt to the end of any URl and get a deliciously lo-fi, UTF-8, mono[chrome|space] alternative.
Here's this post in plain text - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites.txt
Obviously a webpage…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/
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#blogging #blogs #text #unicode #utf-8
🆕 blog! “A small collection of text-only websites”
A couple of years ago, I started serving my blog posts as plain text. Add .txt to the end of any URl and get a deliciously lo-fi, UTF-8, mono[chrome|space] alternative.
Here's this post in plain text - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites.txt
Obviously a webpage…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/
⸻
#blogging #blogs #text #unicode #utf-8
A small collection of text-only websites
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites/A couple of years ago, I started serving my blog posts as plain text. Add .txt to the end of any URl and get a deliciously lo-fi, UTF-8, mono[chrome|space] alternative.
Here's this post in plain text - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/12/a-small-collection-of-text-only-websites.txt
Obviously a webpage without links is like a fish without a bicycle, but the joy of the web is that there are no gatekeepers. People can try new concepts and, if enough people join in, it becomes normal. I'm not saying the plain-text is the best web experience. But it is an experience. Perfect if you like your browsing fast, simple, and readable. There are no cookie banners, pop-ups, permission prompts, autoplaying videos, or garish colour schemes.
I'm certainly not the first person to do this, so I thought it might be fun to gather a list of websites which you browse in text-only mode. If you know of any more - including your own site - please drop a comment in the box!
- Terence Eden's blog - add
.txtto any URl. - Daring Fireball - add
.textto any URl. - Zach Flowers - replace
.htmlwith.txt. - Fabien Benetou's PIM - add
?action=sourceto any URl. - M0YNG - add
.txtto any URl. - Gwern - add
.mdto any URl or send an HTTP Accept for Markdown. - Dan Q's textplain.blog - the entire blog is plain text!
- Matt Hobbs - there is a feed of plaintext which allows you to read recent posts.
If you'd like to add a site, please get in touch. The rules are simple - content which has the MIME type of text/plain. No HTML, no multimedia, no RTF, no XML, no ANSI colour escape sequences.
Emoji are fine though; emoji are cool.
#blogging #blogs #text #unicode #utf8
Jan :rust: :ferris:
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One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol
https://fontgenerator.design/symbols
#HackerNews #Unicode #Symbols #Developer #Tools #Design #FontGenerator
One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol
https://fontgenerator.design/symbols
#HackerNews #Unicode #Symbols #Developer #Tools #Design #FontGenerator
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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@ShaulaEvans
Posted about this a while ago — #UNICODE is pondering the directionality issue and has been testing solutions
There I mention how it’d be easier for them to reverse a train 🚂 than all the pedestrian variants 🚶♂️➡️🚶🏻♂️➡️🚶🏼♂️➡️🚶🏽♂️➡️🚶🏾♂️➡️🚶🏿♂️➡️🚶🏿🚶🏼🚶🏽🚶🏻🚶🚶🏾🚶🏻🚶🏾
But they started with the people 🤷🏻♂️
https://mastodon.social/@AccordionBruce/111823648382625123
#emoji
@ShaulaEvans
Posted about this a while ago — #UNICODE is pondering the directionality issue and has been testing solutions
There I mention how it’d be easier for them to reverse a train 🚂 than all the pedestrian variants 🚶♂️➡️🚶🏻♂️➡️🚶🏼♂️➡️🚶🏽♂️➡️🚶🏾♂️➡️🚶🏿♂️➡️🚶🏿🚶🏼🚶🏽🚶🏻🚶🚶🏾🚶🏻🚶🏾
But they started with the people 🤷🏻♂️
https://mastodon.social/@AccordionBruce/111823648382625123
#emoji
A free tool that stuns LLMs with thousands of invisible Unicode characters
#HackerNews #A #free #tool #that #stuns #LLMs #with #thousands #of #invisible #Unicode #characters #gibberifier.com #LLMs #Unicode #characters #AI #tools #tech #news
Unicode Binary Input Terminal
https://hackaday.io/project/192644-unicode-binary-input-terminal
#HackerNews #Unicode #Binary #Input #Terminal #Hackaday #Project #Technology #Innovation #Coding
Aw bummer! My #emoji "circuit board" proposal was denied. Oh well, at least I tried :)
(previously: https://icosahedron.website/@greg/114763923868354196)
