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Saying "over" on the radio is like the null byte at the end of a string. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Yep, there's a term for this actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-band_signaling

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

STOP

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Instructions unclear, 8,N,0 no stop bit

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVgOcZ7Z2A

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

That's why I use puts and gets and overwrite the buffer.