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,,,¨,.,,¨¨          #**  "digitality"  *†#          ¨¨,,.,¨,,,
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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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¨,¨.~«††@#  some pitfalls include that even if you  #@††«~.¨,¨
,.,.,,~*§#      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   ,¨,,..,.,¨
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