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In the source it is, indeed, the fi character. On my screen, where I copy/pasted to google, however, they're both the same (and the same length - which would have been a hint).
I can't decide if my post was right or wrong.
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Quote: I can't decide if my post was right or wrong.
Also no Need for that. You posted your experience and I posted my experience.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: If there's a special character in one than it didn't make it through the cut-and-paste.
Yes it did - that's not an "fi" in the first version, it's an "fi": Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LIGATURE FI' (U+FB01)[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Called a ligature, if I recall correctly from High School printing shop class.
But, both worked in my Google translate. Separately and together.
I based my reply on the evidence presented to me.
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Quote: Called a ligature
Thanks for this. Never heard from that, but first readings in wiki is interesting.
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Is that why the translator "choked" on it?
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No - the translator choked because you are the victim of a dark curse.
My browser is protected ! It seems to have rendered the ligature (which is not really needed for internet fonts) into their proper two-character format. (some ligatures are longer, like ffi)
If you send a generous offering, I can send you a talisman sure to fix the internet for you.
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copy and pasting code from websites often results in similar errors; unknown/illegal characters, and they are impossible to spot since they look perfectly OK.
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Only illegal in the context of a C++ compiler was what I was saying.
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Now, if only Fox News can jump on its founder's funeral pyre.
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Roger Ailes dies at 77
Fake news.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: Fake news.
Bury him anyway.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Bury him anyway.
Wow! Why so much hate?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Probably because he's a womanizer who thinks women are only good for being sexualized objects on camera and a piece of ass. Oh, let's not forget that wholesale misrepresentation and lying about everything is somehow called "reporting the news".
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Let's give credit where credit is due: He's the S O B that brought fake news mainstream.
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"Oh, let's not forget that wholesale misrepresentation and lying about everything is somehow called "reporting the news" How did CNN get into this thread?
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Don Burton wrote: How did CNN get into this thread?
And most other major news too.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Oh, I'm not saying CNN is innocent. All the news outlets put their own spin on everything. Faux News sets the standard for "Fact checking? What's that?" by telling the truth about 3% to 22% of the time, depending on the study. MSNBC is nearly as bad. CNN actually gets sh*t right about 40 to 50% of the time.
No, I don't get my information and news from any single source. I try to get the news from multiple sources and do my own research and fact checking.
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Interesting about the statistics on Fact Checking. Can you point me to that study. I'd be interested in reading that.
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The PunditFact rating isn't really that good of an indicator, mainly because they don't fact check every statement made. Their limited resource force them to check only a handful of statements made by network. And those generally are the ones someone wrote in and requested they check -- with those being the one that sounded the most screwy.
So, if one network said 100 crazy things and 25 of them turn out to be true, or they better or worse than another network which said only 4 crazy thing, but all were false?
Further, that site is reporting on what the networks pundits say. If you are going to declare a network as "fake news" you have to go but what their news anchors say.
Truth,
James
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: wholesale misrepresentation and lying about everything is somehow called "reporting the news".
In that case, let's bury all of the media.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I would prefer burning down every journalism class room and rebuilding from scratch with a heavy emphasis on research and ethics.
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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