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   From: yeti@tilde.institute   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > If counting is not an option, I'd compress that to b (good) and p   
   > (bad). Don't think we can get smaller than that, except perhaps b   
   > (good) and no response (bad). ;)   
      
   The = has no relation to arithmetic, it just shall look a bit like the   
   arm.  Even with = I had to ask about its meaning when I stumbled over a   
   post with a =b for the 1st time, so I was hoping for easier to decode   
   variants and I think d b q p alone would be even bigger head-scratchers.   
   Maybe they just do not exist (in 7 bit space).   
      
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   is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad.   
   You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later."   
      
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