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Re:On yak shaving and <md-block>, a new HTML element f... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:26AM (#29358561)
No it's not? It has the word 'standard' but it's a completely different situation.
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Re:On yak shaving and <md-block>, a new HTML element f... by actually_a_dog on Saturday November 27, 2021 @04:42AM (#29358931)
How many dialects of markdown are there?
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Re:On yak shaving and <md-block>, a new HTML element f... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @05:15AM (#29359043)
A few, but nobody's suggesting a new one.
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Re:On yak shaving and <md-block>, a new HTML element f... by actually_a_dog on Saturday November 27, 2021 @05:44AM (#29359162)
So, you could say there are competing standards for Markdown, hmm? :)
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Re:On yak shaving and <md-block>, a new HTML element f... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @06:58AM (#29359505)
The comic is about trying to replace competing standards with a new superstandard. It's not relevant.

You're basically pointing to the first panel and saying 'job done'. That's not enough to make it work.

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