#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Python2 snippet for taking a base64-encoded unicode string, decoding it
properly so there aren't trailing null bytes for ASCII characters

Leaving this here so I don't have to look it up again

@decidedlygray
"""

import base64
b64_str = "ADD BASE64 UNICODE STRING HERE"
b64_str_decoded = base64.b64decode(b64_str).decode('UTF-16')