Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM

Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by buro9 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:37AM (#16648498)

I would love for HN to support some type of mark up that could actually render a quote block properly. ( @dan )

> But it doesn't have one AFAIK.

It's not markdown, and the only thing we have is a code block.

I've re-formatted for an even slimmer screen :D

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by nothrabannosir on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:43AM (#16648548)

You’re better off wrapping it in asterisks and prefixing it with a >:

> No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by Cthulhu_ on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:02AM (#16648708)

HN really needs some basic features to improve quality of life (and comments). Like making links, quotes, bullet lists, and code.

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by fredley on Thursday March 22, 2018 @12:05PM (#16649800)

In short, it needs markdown

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by protomyth on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:42AM (#16648539)

I just go with the * around the text since it seems to work fine for mobile.

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by mixmastamyk on Thursday March 22, 2018 @01:12PM (#16650594)

One problem that makes it much worse is that the css for the code block has a very small max-width, if you disable it, much easier to read.

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by masklinn on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:56AM (#16648654)

> It's not markdown, and the only thing we have is a code block.

And shitty unescapable emphasis which fucks up as often as it succeeds.

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Re:Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM by sp332 on Thursday March 22, 2018 @10:39AM (#16649022)

The username is @dang

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