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X-Bullshit: SVG over ORM cloud just-in-time deep-learning interface 

i think henesy's scenario is hard to reproduce
1) you have to notice that one time there are 2, the second one 3 spaces.
2) you probably have to use his unmaintained funtz9port

works on 9front:
cpu% cat > test
this
   is
  a
test
 cpu% sed 's/^  //g' test
this
 is
a