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Why shouldn't you use YAML to store eye tracking data? /s (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Valid JSON is valid YAML.

So valid YAML can contain JSON

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a long way from all or most YAML being JSON-compatible. I wonder if more YAML files in the wild parse as Markdown than JSON.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

JSON is valid YAML does not imply that YAML is valid JSON

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That was my point, yes, but I meant to reply to @[email protected].