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		Aeolun on May 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gemini – A new, collaboratively designed internet ... It also doesn’t really hurt anyone, though it would be nice if new protocols could try to remove the need from their specs. We’re going to build new clients and servers anyway, so might as well handle just /n

WoodenChair on May 2, 2020 [–]

> It also doesn’t really hurt anyone

Well it does. Extra characters in the HTTP spec end up getting sent trillions of times per year over the Internet costing real money in bandwidth in aggregate.

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