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EDIT: @[email protected] shared something that might help to circumvent this shit:

Contained in these parentheses is a zero-width joiner: (​)

Basically, add those to whatever you feel that might be filtered out, then remove the parentheses. The content inside the parentheses is invisible, but it screws with regex rules.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

That zero-width hack doesn't seem to work:

len("Le()mmy")
8

len("(Lemmy)")
7
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

If it weren't working your code wouldn't count an additional character on the first string.

Anyway, this is the character., as it seems that deleting the first parenthesis also deletes the ZWJ.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'd just post something like:

I'll be shadowbanned for posting an actual link or mentioning the full name, but if you google "Lem reddit alternative" you'll get a lot of hits directing you the good place. Good luck, and see ya on the other side!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait how high am I? The example on top returns a length one higher than the example on bottom, because it has a non-printable character in there right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You said it doesn’t work, then showed an example of it working? I guess I’m still high.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Uh wait did you edit the post and resolve something

Also nice going to python, I went to a web tool (Unicode char identifier) but gotta get more serious about 👨‍💻