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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 192 points 4 days ago (5 children)

HTML: hatemail

HTTP: hat-top

MSDN: Mastodon

SSH: shhhhh

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

HTML = hit mill
It's like a machine (mill) that gets you hits (web traffic)

HTTP = hitch tip
It's the tip of the hitch that you attach to the hit mill

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] markz@suppo.fi 2 points 3 days ago
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Anybody else ever use HoTMetaL to make a website?

[–] markz@suppo.fi 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Don't forget to remove the husk

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

I always thought it was Hotmail, probably because my first email address was using Hotmail and that was sort of my first introduction to computing.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I had HotMetal Pro. I got it on a cd in a library book sale.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Add enough JavaScript frameworks and I'm sure the metal gets very hot indeed.

[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

Good thing it's not running on bare metal, amirite

[–] m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago

hitttup, wuh wuh wuh

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I thought HTML was hate em all.