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@boxy Alt text, xkcd 927 standards:

HOW
STANDARDS PROLIFERATE:
SEE: A/C CHARGERS, CHARACTER ENCODINGS, INSTANT MESSAGING, ETC.)

SITUATION:
THERE ARE
14 COMPETING STANDARDS

Person A: 14?! RIDICULOUS!
WE NEED TO DEVELOP
ONE UNIVERSAL STANDARD THAT COVERS EVERYONE'S
USE CASES.

Person B: YEAH!

SITUATION:
THERE ARE
15 COMPETING STANDARDS.