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On 2025-11-22,  yeti  wrote:
>I'm definitely not pro-JS and I would not get my stuff written in a less
>capable "markup" than at least old-style HTML.   I need anchors and
>multiple links per line,  occasionally an image and lots of code blocks.  
>For Code I want 80 CpL,  for prose I use 72 Cpl and am even thinking
>about a bit less.   Too long lines just suck.   After enough experiments
>with manually written HTML I switched to Org-Mode and export my stuff to
>HTML without JS,  where some grains of CSS to control text size and line
>width.  
>
>I don't consider my stuff as writing for the public,  it's more like my
>self written cheat sheets or outsourced memory.   Having that accessible
>for digital neighbours is helpful in some discussions,  but I don't think
>about my stuff as being "published".   I think that's currently is only
>accessible via I2P and Tor.   That may change again.   Maybe even as HTML
>via Nex or Gopher.  

I enjoyed reading your enthusiastic post.   I use Org-Mode regularly
and i don't even use Emacs.   :-)  (vim & Orgzly-revived)

I've been thinking about what i would do if the profit motive
compromised open access at the IP level.   I had fantasies about offline
UUCP or NNCP via sneakernet over flash drive drops.   But i think i would
simply spend less time in front of the screen and more time with books
and the natural world.