#3003: Sandwich Helix

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Cueball, with his palm out, is standing in front of a class and facing Ponytail and Hairy, who are sitting at their classroom desks.]

Cueball: Always remember the #1 rule of communication:

Cueball: Sandwich Helix.

Ponytail: What does that mean?

Cueball: Unfortunately, the context has been lost.

Cueball: But we know the message, and that's the important part.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:The number one rule of string manipulation is that you’ve got to specify your encodings.


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