▲ 203 ▼ Just use cURL (justuse.org) submitted 1 year ago by limer@lemmy.ml to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments This is hilarious to me, after using the evil things for years . Of course, there are reasons to use the hated postman and companies (may they be forever cursed). And I plan to keep using them. But many valid points are made
[+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No, he has his own bizarre approach I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 year ago That's a general statement about that man's existence - he has his own bizarre approach. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child) No, he has his own bizarre approach I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 year ago That's a general statement about that man's existence - he has his own bizarre approach. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 year ago That's a general statement about that man's existence - he has his own bizarre approach. permalink fedilink source parent