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##¶@£$;=.,    symbols. the english translation is   ,.=;$£@¶##
#@££=/~~.¨    "through numbers". you can use this   ¨.~~/=££@#
#@%%†»^¨.¨  machine to remember, predict, or hide.  ¨.¨^»†%%@#
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;=:..¨¨,,.  though it might look like witchcraft,   .,,¨¨..:=;
--¨..¨¨¨¨, the gifted can turn analog signals into  ,¨¨¨¨..¨--
,¨,¨¨¨¨.,¨    digital - the analog is in itself a   ¨,.¨¨¨¨,¨,
,¨.¨,,..,,  representation of the world inside the  ,,..,,¨.¨,
,¨.¨¨.¨...   world, which is further encoded into   ...¨.¨¨.¨,
,,¨¨.,,..,  digital (encoded in the literal sense;  ,..,,.¨¨,,
.,.,,.¨,,¨   the numbers are symbols who carry the  ¨,,¨.,,.,.
¨,¨...¨..¨   meaning semantically and not in their  ¨..¨...¨,¨
..¨..¨¨¨.. shape (analog beings are the opposite.)) ..¨¨¨..¨..
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*~^,,,,,,,     various schemes exist for how to     ,,,,,,,^~*
†*~^,,,,,,   interpret and work further with these  ,,,,,,^~*†
£†*~^,,,,,   symbols (such as wav, jpg, nfo, diz,   ,,,,,^~*†£
££†*~^,,,,   vor, hyp, mkv). getting familiar with  ,,,,^~*†££
#££†*~^,,,  these is a good start on your journey,  ,,,^~*†££#
##££†*~^,,    although even a wizard might only     ,,^~*†££##
###££†*~^,    ~really~ know two or three in their   ,^~*†££###
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†~...,¨¨.,      can encode the digital symbols      ,.¨¨,...~†
»~,..¨,¨,,  themselves as digital, somehow it must  ,,¨,¨..,~»
..¨..¨,¨..   terminate in the analog; if knowledge  ..¨,¨..¨..
..,¨.,.,,¨   is lost, you can have symbols with no  ¨,,.,.¨,..
,.,¨..,.,¨   route to their original meaning, and   ¨,.,..¨,.,
.,.¨...¨¨¨  that with the right spells and methods  ¨¨¨...¨.,.
¨,,¨..,.¨¨  you can use digital representation for  ¨¨.,..¨,,¨
..,,,¨..,,   analysis (must be combatted at every   ,,..¨,,,..
.¨,¨,,.¨¨¨               opportunity)               ¨¨¨.,,¨,¨.
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