just for fun i wrote some code that encode and decodes messages in this format, which a non-computer-science person claimed to have received by aliens while they were sleeping

what's interesting about this code: it's not binary, its quaternary. its composed of 4 different symbols in a way that lets you encode 3 different messages simultaneously, its a kind of multiplexed code.
already that was kind of curious to me. if someone did make this up its pretty clever and I've never seen this type of steganography before:
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another interesting thing about 4-symbol codes is that it can be encoded as DNA:
ATGCGCCTATGATGCTAGTATGCGCTGATCCGCGTCTTGACTTCCGCTAGTATGTCATGGCTCAAATACACCATTGCTCAAGGATACAATTGAAGAATCAAGAGCTTACACGATGTATCCACGACAAACTTTACTTATGCGGTGATTCTGGTAGTATTTCAAGCACACAGTGATATCGTGAACAAGGATTGGATTCGTTAAATCACACATTCATAGCGGAAACTAGGTAATAAGGTATCCCGTAGCCCATGGCCGTAATAACACCGGCTGAACGGAATCTCGGACCCTAGGACTCACTGA
DNA has been theorized as a very efficient way to store information at very small scales.
the multiplexed message decodes to:
> imminent thrEat soon upon earths lead
> royal EMERTHER warn
> eMbRace this vess
this is probably a hoax, but reverse engineering the encoding was pretty fun.