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It's Not Wrong that (for HN) " ".length == 36

16 days ago
https://zaerl.com/2025/08/24/its-not-wrong-that-for-hn-%f0%9f%a4%a6%f0%9f%8f%bc%e2%99%82%ef%b8%8f-length-36/
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  • #Hacker News
  • #Emojis
  • #Character Encoding
  • Author discusses how emojis in Hacker News (HN) titles are replaced with space characters.
  • Mentions a past post where an emoji sequence had a length of 7 in code but appeared differently on HN.
  • Highlights the URL transformation on mobile Safari, showing replaced characters.
  • Reflects on HN's 80-column limit affecting how emojis are displayed or replaced.
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