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Gander5739yesterday at 11:00 AM3 repliesview on HN

It's not a title algorithm, it's a character limit.


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harshrealityyesterday at 11:24 AM

Full title, "...than ever": 64 characters

Another title currently on the front page has 74 characters: "The Many Roots of Our Suffering: Reflections on Robert Trivers (1943–2026)"

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jhbadgeryesterday at 11:07 AM

There isn't a technical reason why titles have to be that short, memory isn't in that short supply despite the RAM shortages. A function, therefore an algorithm, is deciding to truncate the title for some reason.

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bryanrasmussenyesterday at 12:50 PM

no, as I indicated the full title is within the character limit, to test it I opened up a submit form and it did not say the title was too long.