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It's a 4+1 letter word to this here vim disciple! :-)

Well, I'm not some priss who's averse to salty language, however it's defined.

I know vi and ed, too, and part of my setup for building my website is a big-ass sed script for simple substitutions. (Not to mention m4 macros for more complex substitutions.)

I must admit that I was feeling touches of anti-html evangelism the other day.

That's what I figured. Also, you were frustrated because this plainly isn't your specialty and it *is* hard to find current, accurate information. I've been running a personal website of some kind on various hosts since 1996 and I've learned a few things along the way so I didn't mind helping.

We're of similar choir on that song.

Maybe, but I resent the necessity of masking. I mean, I like the *Persona* video games but being a Persona user IRL is just a bit tiring and not nearly as badass. (I can't actually summon Satan all over some asshole's smartphone.)

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~inquiry wrote (thread):

>> I must admit that I was feeling touches of anti-html
>> evangelism the other day.
>
> That's what I figured. Also, you were frustrated because
> this plainly isn't your specialty and it *is* hard to
> find current, accurate information. I've been running a
> personal website of some kind on various hosts since 1996
> and I've learned a few things along the way so I didn't
> mind helping.

Thank you!

I kind of wonder what Berners-Lee and other pioneers were thinking. Actually, it's more like *weren't* thinking for being in what might be called "Programmer Fog", which I'd define as imagining that because something was easy for them, it would be easy for everyone. It kind of made most people the prey of programmatically clever charlatans, e.g. Google and Facebook founders, who were essentially, "Don't worry! We've got you covered!"

Yep. Covered in *shit* ranging from having to accept software systems harmful to nervous systems, to outright spying and information stealing.

But this species has much deeper problems that keep in on a path of taking advantage of each others, so it's no surprise that root cause of enshittification roamed free in the online space.

>>> That's just Autistic Masking 101: assume that nobody gives
>>> a single little fucking shit about your interests, unless >
>>> they say otherwise. (And even then it might be a trap.)
>>
>> We're of similar choir on that song.
>
> Maybe, but I resent the necessity of masking. I mean,
> I like the *Persona* video games but being a Persona user
> IRL is just a bit tiring and not nearly as badass. (I can't
> actually summon Satan all over some asshole's smartphone.)

I'm not sure I'm getting what you're saying. I'm under the impression what you're calling "masking" or "Autistic Masking 101" is part of what I'd call "the charade of individuality", where there's a belief in an individual self, but it turns out that belief has side-effects that lead to mistreatment of self and others, and so we tend to play that game "with cards close to the vest" lest we give others leverage to mistreat us...? Something like that?