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subsubzero on Feb 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011

I see one space - https://web.archive.org/web/20140403012916/http://www.finney...

EDIT - really interesting, could very well be Hal, every sentence after a period ends with 2 spaces - view-source:https://web.archive.org/web/20140403012916/http://www.finney...

stavros on Feb 23, 2024 [–]

View source.

BlueTemplar on Feb 23, 2024 | [–]

Wait, what causes this kind of replacement ??

stavros on Feb 23, 2024 | | [–]

HTML considers whitespace insignificant.

Hamuko on Feb 24, 2024 | | [–]

Well, repeating whitespace. Single whitespace still has significance. If you have two display: inline-block <div> elements, it will make a difference if you add a space (or three million spaces) in between.

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