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> Protocols and standards like HTML built around "be liberal with what you accept" have turned out to be a real nightmare. This feels a bit like the setup to t
by arscan 1y ago
> Protocols and standards like HTML built around "be liberal with what you accept" have turned out to be a real nightmare.
This feels a bit like the setup to the “But you have heard of me” joke in Pirates of the Caribbean [2003].
- paulddraper 1y agoOr "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses."
- FridgeSeal 1y agoSure, this holds for any government “current state” but it shouldn’t be used as an excuse to _keep doing dumb things_.