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		bshimmin on Aug 17, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Explaining the browser's event loop, tasks, and mi... Do people use `document.write` with reckless abandon? I haven't used it in about a decade!

stupidcar on Aug 17, 2015 [–]

It's weirdly prevalent in ads apparently. Like, to the point that you get a pretty ad-free web by just shipping a browser without document.write. Actually, that doesn't sound like such a bad idea...

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