18 May
2017
18 May
'17
11:11 p.m.
On 2017-05-18 20:56, Felix wrote:
Indeed it's not broken, it's *Usenet Signature Convention* https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3676.txt (chapter 4.3.)
That's old school - how we saved bandwidth in ancient times :)
Not only that, it helps when you _want_ part of your article to be invisible until explicit reader action. Examples include story "spoilers" (books, movies, plays, sports games), puzzles, learning exercises etc.
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