Comment on The 70 Online Databases that Define Our PlanetComments−showerst15yThis 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?−SageRaven15yPerhaps the page was incorrectly post-processed to replace "fi" with the proper ligature glyph?−showerst15yAhh, 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.
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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?
Perhaps the page was incorrectly post-processed to replace "fi" with the proper ligature glyph?
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.