The 70 Online Databases that Define Our Planet (technologyreview.com) 51 points by linhir 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] showerst 15y ago ↗ This is a random aside, but did anyone else notice that every single occurrence of "fi" on that page was doubled?Do a find in page for "fifi" and you'll see it everywhere. I'm assuming this was some kind of misbehaving filter, but I wonder why? [–] SageRaven 15y ago ↗ Perhaps the page was incorrectly post-processed to replace "fi" with the proper ligature glyph? [–] showerst 15y ago ↗ Ahh, that would make sense.I was thinking perhaps it was a misguided filter because they had sh style "IF/FI" blocks in their template code, but your suggestion is much more likely.
[–] SageRaven 15y ago ↗ Perhaps the page was incorrectly post-processed to replace "fi" with the proper ligature glyph? [–] showerst 15y ago ↗ Ahh, that would make sense.I was thinking perhaps it was a misguided filter because they had sh style "IF/FI" blocks in their template code, but your suggestion is much more likely.
[–] showerst 15y ago ↗ Ahh, that would make sense.I was thinking perhaps it was a misguided filter because they had sh style "IF/FI" blocks in their template code, but your suggestion is much more likely.
[–] larrykubin 15y ago ↗ They didn't mention the Encyclopedia of Life, seems like a pretty big omission:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 22.4 ms ] threadDo a find in page for "fifi" and you'll see it everywhere. I'm assuming this was some kind of misbehaving filter, but I wonder why?
I was thinking perhaps it was a misguided filter because they had sh style "IF/FI" blocks in their template code, but your suggestion is much more likely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life