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hyperpape on July 18, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: GNU Binutlis 2.37 has been released

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yesenadam on July 18, 2021 [–]

This article gives many reasons why the text of the "Cmabrigde Uinervtisy" meme is deceptively easy to read, and assesses its claims: http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/cmabridge/

It also includes a link to a handy text jumbler written in AWK: http://www.stevesachs.com/jumbler.cgi

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