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I do appreciate all of what you’ve said but the author of this piece is actually mistaken. The browser isn’t actually processing the string “chucknorris” and f

I do appreciate all of what you’ve said but the author of this piece is actually mistaken. The browser isn’t actually processing the string “chucknorris” and forgiving incorrectly provided hex codes, which is a common misconception. What actually happens within the rendering pipeline is that the full literal string (in this case, “chucknorris”) is parsed, and the browser attempts to render the tag in the colour of blood in hope of receiving the mercy that Chuck Norris doesn’t have. As said, it’s a common misconception and I’m glad I could clear it up before he reads this.

afandian 2y ago
And, inevitably, the next generation [0] comes along and use the colour without having any idea of who Chuck Norris even was. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42461264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42461264
- SamBam 2y ago
  This will keep His spirit alive, like an Old God who is fed by our unknowing adherence to traditions, hanging glass baubles on Christmas trees in a pale reflection of hanging the heads of our sacrificed enemies, yet still providing a drop of sustenance to the sleeping Gods.
- DonHopkins 2y ago
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  - herbcso 2y ago
    I'm sorry, but you're missing the spirit of this. It's a post about the spirit of Chuck Norris as represented as a concept on the Internet rather than the actual person. Yes, the person may be reprehensible, however that is not what's being addressed here, rather it's the idea of the concept of Chuck Norris. And that's the whole spirit of this post in the first place. There is a certain sort of beauty to being so forgiving. The fact that HTML rendering can deal with this level of inanity is frankly an awesome aspect of the web that has enabled loads of creativity by non-programmer types (speaking as a programmer here). I think sometimes we need to pull our heads out of our collective asses and allow for this sort of thing to permit beautiful things to happen.
    - DonHopkins 2y ago
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afandian 2y ago

And, inevitably, the next generation [0] comes along and use the colour without having any idea of who Chuck Norris even was. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42461264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42461264

SamBam 2y ago
This will keep His spirit alive, like an Old God who is fed by our unknowing adherence to traditions, hanging glass baubles on Christmas trees in a pale reflection of hanging the heads of our sacrificed enemies, yet still providing a drop of sustenance to the sleeping Gods.
DonHopkins 2y ago
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- herbcso 2y ago
  I'm sorry, but you're missing the spirit of this. It's a post about the spirit of Chuck Norris as represented as a concept on the Internet rather than the actual person. Yes, the person may be reprehensible, however that is not what's being addressed here, rather it's the idea of the concept of Chuck Norris. And that's the whole spirit of this post in the first place. There is a certain sort of beauty to being so forgiving. The fact that HTML rendering can deal with this level of inanity is frankly an awesome aspect of the web that has enabled loads of creativity by non-programmer types (speaking as a programmer here). I think sometimes we need to pull our heads out of our collective asses and allow for this sort of thing to permit beautiful things to happen.
  - DonHopkins 2y ago
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