Mimic
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| Mimic | 3,588 | 4 years ago | 10 | other | Python | |||||
| [ab]using Unicode to create tragedy | ||||||||||
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| Unimatrix | 1,497 | 2 months ago | 20 | gpl-3.0 | Python | |||||
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| Zws | 1,367 | 7 hours ago | 6 | November 08, 2021 | 4 | apache-2.0 | TypeScript | |||
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| Terminalimageviewer | 1,293 | a month ago | 1 | February 09, 2022 | 14 | apache-2.0 | C++ | |||
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mimic
[ab]using Unicode to create tragedy
Introduction
mimic provokes:
- fun
- frustration
- curiosity
- murderous rage
It's inspired by this terrible idea floating around:
MT: Replace a semicolon (;) with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's C# code and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error
— Peter Ritchie (@peterritchie) November 16, 2014
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There are many more characters in the Unicode character set that look, to some extent or another, like others – homoglyphs. Mimic substitutes common ASCII characters for obscure homoglyphs.
Fun games to play with mimic:
- Pipe some source code through and see if you can find all of the problems
- Pipe someone else's source code through without telling them
- Be fired, and then killed
Results
Observe the mayhem:
"BUT WHY?"
Or, if you've been mimicked a little harder,
Discussion
People have noticed how terrible this is.
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