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Re:Plain Vanilla Web by someothherguyy on Sunday May 11, 2025 @05:19PM (#43957246)
Why are you writing it so many times? Write an alias in 10 seconds?

function getId(v) {return document.getElementById(v)}

Dev tools allows $ $$, dunno, make a macro?

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Re:Plain Vanilla Web by rhet0rica on Sunday May 11, 2025 @06:49PM (#43957899)
But if Brendan Eich wanted us to have a shorter name, he would have given us a shorter name!

We must not defy the system!

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Re:Plain Vanilla Web by BrendanEich on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:10PM (#43966516)
As I said to Lex Fridman, I was influenced by AWK. Ragrets!
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Re:Plain Vanilla Web by cmonBro22 on Sunday May 11, 2025 @05:37PM (#43957370)
Sorry?
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