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Posted by rbanffy 2 days ago

Plain text has been around for decades and it’s here to stay(unsung.aresluna.org)
122 points | 44 commentspage 2
keyle 2 days ago|
I'm all for it, but it's dangerously mixing ASCII with the meaning of plain-text...
eimrine 1 day ago|
Well, we are computer nerds, not the rock drawers.
nullhole 2 days ago||
I have a mixed opinion of unicode, but it's hard not to love the box-drawing / block-element chars.
perilunar 1 day ago|
The box-drawing characters pre-date unicode though:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437

Joel11 2 days ago||
It's good to see the plain text, it's been a while that people wanting them.

So many users wants the Special fonts but in here simple is Special to eyes and Mind.

As a developer I agree. Sometimes simplicity is more Special and powerful than complex formats.

hsbauauvhabzb 2 days ago|
* L a u g h s i n u t f 1 6 *
randomeel 1 day ago|||
That’s cool ! How did you do that ?
hsbauauvhabzb 1 day ago||
Manually, with spaces. Ironically each actual space took 3 spaces, which HN truncated to one space removing any concept of words. Technically this is incorrect because a real post would be 0x00 and not 0x20, but my point was even ‘basic’ text can be problematic if you’re not aware of encoding types, and it can really fukin bite if you’re not ready for it.
shevy-java 2 days ago||
Text and text files are simple. I think this is their number #1 advantage.

There are limitations though. Compare a database of .yml files to a database in a DBMS. I wrote a custom forum via ruby + yaml files. It also works. It also can not compete anywhere with e. g. rails/activerecord and so forth. Its sole advantage is simplicity. Everywhere else it loses without even a fight.

alex1sa 2 days ago||
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