A text file only contains data that represents characters on the screen, while “binary file” is used to refer to any other file that isn’t meant to be viewed or edited as text.
If you open a (small) image file with notepad you will see a lot of gibberish. This is what happens when you try to view a binary (in other words, non-text) file as text.
But vendors are already providing a (somewhat) standard way of displaying that content through regular notifications. If I were to build a unified inbox like this, it would look more or less like a persistent view of the notifications panel from Android.
I have not tried this with Obsidian yet, but I know that Markdeep allows you to render .md files on the fly as HTML by appending some javascript to the unmodified markdown.
I think this is one of the few aspects where tumblr is more logical than other social networks, by using a subdomain for each user instead of the path.
I think reddit accepts this too to some extent - for example, programming.reddit.com will redirect you to reddit.com/r/programming.
Apparently it is possible to do it with local DNS resolution, using your hosts file Not sure how possible it would be on a remote DNS server, or whose authority you'd need to actually do it.
I would imagine that cases should follow a bell curve - sure, the exceptionally good cases where you feel you saved someone's life are rare, but so are the terrible cases that haunt you at night; and most would fall somewhere in the middle.
That said, I would also wager that the curve can be skewed towards one side or the other depending on the location, timing of your shift, or any other factors.
