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		Bancakes on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An argument for a return to Web 1.0 Not just HTML. If we want a static web, we could write the whole thing out in stack automata like PostScript. Very simple.

ryanbrunner on April 14, 2022 [–]

The big thing HTML brought over literal static documents is easy and pervasive hyperlinking. Without that, I'm not even sure if you can call whatever's left "the web".

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