[ExI] dementia

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks. I have sent links erasing everything after the ? but leaving that
in.  Maybe it doesn't make a difference since no one complained.  bill w

On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 2:17 PM Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> If there's a # in the URL, generally that's a bookmark within the page, so
> you can remove that and everything after that unless you are trying to call
> attention to a specific section of the page.  This case is a good example
> of that.
>
> If there's a ? in the URL, the stuff after that is parameters.  Sometimes
> you can remove the ? and everything after that, sometimes the page requires
> some of those parameters to properly load.
>
> Ben's advice about the .html is coincidental.  It's usually true because
> the ? or # (or, rarely, another symbol showing something that can be
> stripped out) usually comes right after .html if it is present, but it is
> the ? or # (or other symbol) that matters.
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:26 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  And the ? too, right?   bill w
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 12:08 PM Ben via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 14/06/2021 00:52, bill w wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.treehugger.com/why-were-happier-when-were-older-4861071#:~:text=A%20recent%20study%20found%20a,the%20most%20unhappy%20in%20life.&text=%E2%80%9CPeople%20who%20were%20in%20older,perceived%20stress%20than%20younger%20respondents.%E2%80%9D
>>>
>>> (I couldn't find a way to shorten that link)  bill w
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.treehugger.com/why-were-happier-when-were-older-4861071
>>> <https://www.treehugger.com/why-were-happier-when-were-older-4861071#:~:text=A%20recent%20study%20found%20a,the%20most%20unhappy%20in%20life.&text=%E2%80%9CPeople%20who%20were%20in%20older,perceived%20stress%20than%20younger%20respondents.%E2%80%9D>
>>>
>>>
>>> These days, most links are about 20% actual url, 80% tracking tags. just
>>> omitting everything after the .html, or # or similar loses the tracking and
>>> keeps the actual link.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ben Zaiboc
>>>
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