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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by Tharkun on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:29PM (#15287437)
I hope this was intended as a joke? Most users struggle with simple typesetting conventions like underscore/asterisk. HTML tags (or CSS) are out of reach for the vast majority. TeX isn't even part of the known universe for users!
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by snakeanus on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:52PM (#15290407)
> HTML tags (or CSS) are out of reach for the vast majority

CSS sure, but most people can learn the basic html tags in a minute. Same for the basic latex conventions.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by flukus on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:21PM (#15290538)
I think this is a case where struggling == "doesn't want to learn". It's important to distinguish so you don't waste time trying to help the latter.
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