• Brokkr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think it was a typo, the phrase is usually written “et al.” which cannot be confused with a domain.

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      1 year ago

      Also, what’s the difference between a typo and an autocorrect glitch unnoticed?

      If one single dot is the difference between legit words vs a janky link, the internet is doomed.

      attachment.zip

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      1 year ago

      You do realize another way to write et al is…

      et. al.

      Miss one space, bam, your typo turns into a link these days.

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        1 year ago

        That’s on you, not the internet or google. As has been pointed out, dot al is a TLD for a country. Just because you can’t type properly and didn’t spell check yourself, doesn’t mean the internet is doomed.

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        1 year ago

        “et” doesn’t need to be abbreviated, it’s a full word. “al.” is short for “alia”.

        You could argue that typos shouldn’t get turned into links, but there’s simply no good way of stopping that from happening.

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          1 year ago

          Yes, yes there most certainly is a way to completely prevent that from ever happening.

          Get rid of this whole automatic link detecting shit altogether and require the use of https:// before every single link.

          Believe it or not, that’s how the internet used to work, and we didn’t have stupid shit like attachment.zip