> On Dec 12, 2020, at 00:43, Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote: > > There's a reason why UTF-8 was selected as the default character set for > text/gemini, and one of those is to allow other people than English speakers > a means of expressing themsevles [1]. I don't think it's entirely > unreasonable to expect such a person to use Unicode for both domain name and > filenames [2] Yes. agree. People should be able to express themselves in the most idiomatic -and frictionless- way they see fit. It's a moral imperative -and duty- for Gemini to make it so. The year is 2020, no more easy and lazy excuses. This is not a technical choice, but a moral one. Timely article in The Economist: Accent discrimination betrays a small mind https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/12/12/accent-discrimination-b etrays-a-small-mind History will judge you: be one the right side. Do the right thing Solderpunk.
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