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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 71 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Why is it that whenever something is spitting out junk data, those specific characters are involved?

[–] Vent@lemm.ee 97 points 2 weeks ago

� is used to represent an invalid character, so it makes sense that it'd appear often when bad data is being rendered (or good data is being rendered improperly).

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