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[-] kamills@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago

Please, can y'all explain this meme to me?

[-] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

ASCII (wiki) is the older way of doing character encoding for computers.

Isekai (also wiki) is a sub genre of anime that involves getting teleported from a normal world to a fantasy/sci-fi setting. Getting hit by a vehicle in an Isekai anime has become a meme as the means of being teleported.

The 1985 in Seattle... Idk what's referencing specifically.

Edit: I should have included IBM in my googling haha Looks like IBM in Seattle in 1985 (IBM website) was really hitting its stride

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Older, but still in use everywhere.

[-] yukijoou 4 points 2 years ago

well, i'd say more systems use unicode nowadays, especially if you only count user-facing software...

though, yeah, because univode is a superset of ascii, ascii's still technically very much in use and very popular!

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

You underestimate the amount of legacy code, or standards that enforce it like AIS for ship transponders or ASTERIX for aircraft callsigns etc.

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