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program = "some string"
number = program.bytes.map { |byte| byte.to_s(2).rjust(8, "0") }.join.to_i(2)
# => 139552669917336061109431911
number.to_s(2).scan(/.+?(?=.{8}*\z)/).map { |string| string.to_i(2).chr }.join
# => "some string"
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