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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 193 points 1 week ago (5 children)

HTML: hatemail

HTTP: hat-top

MSDN: Mastodon

SSH: shhhhh

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Anybody else ever use HoTMetaL to make a website?

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

Don't forget to remove the husk

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] markz@suppo.fi 2 points 1 week ago
[–] m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago

hitttup, wuh wuh wuh

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I thought HTML was hate em all.

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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