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		queuebert on July 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I prefer rST to Markdown Personally, besides it being a nice format, I use Markdown to honor Aaron Swartz.

Ericson2314 on July 31, 2024 [–]

Haha on one hand its probably Aaron Swartz's worst work. On the other hand, this is definitely the best reason to use markdown.

RIP

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