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Yeah that xkcd came to my mind as well. I'm amazed at the timeless truths he captures in those comics. Creating another version which may be better isn't the hard part. Gaining consensus and getting people to give up the other ones is the hard part.

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And in a way which so many people relate to. As soon as I saw "xkcd" I knew which one was going to be linked to...

I still want to do a thing where response codes are returned the way they are for HTTP.

Query: Why are you screwing around? Response: XKCD 303.

As existing solutions get more painful, people quickly adopt less painful (i.e. generally better) solutions. So it's tied just as much to how much the old ways suck as to how good the new ways are.

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