kpreid comments on Open Thread: August 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kpreid 02 August 2009 06:43:31PM *  4 points [-]

This (IIRC) imported Overcoming Bias post has mangled text encoding ("shōnen anime than shōjo", including a high control character; the structure suggests that this is UTF-8 data reinterpreted as some other encoding, then converted to HTML character references). This suggests that there may be a general problem, in which case all the imported OB posts should be fixed en masse.

Comment author: thomblake 06 August 2009 02:36:02AM 0 points [-]

Indeed, as Psy-Kosh suggests, that's a LW original.

Perhaps it would have helped if Eliezer had used waapuro-style romanization, or modified Hepburn, as is right and proper (when kana are not acceptable).

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 03 August 2009 06:54:36AM 0 points [-]

IIRC, that one isn't imported but is an LW original and was never on OB. I don't think I've seen such artifacts on any of the imported posts that I've looked at anyways.

Comment author: brian_jaress 03 August 2009 08:39:19AM 0 points [-]

The built-in editor for top-level posts is a little buggy. The first time I tried to edit a draft, it mangled the <pre> sections. From then on, I re-pasted every edit.