Btw, please don't editorialize titles - that's in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ("Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.") If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
Thanks for pointing this out. I attempted to use the original title, but it was too long to fit within the character limit, so I chose a different one instead. Is there a rule to follow if the title is too long? Should I just let it get cut off?
Sorry for the delay in replying! When titles exceed 80 chars it's best to drop superfluous words until you get something that fits the limit and is still recognizably the original title. In this case the other submitter simply dropped everything after the colon and got a usable title.
If that's not possible, the next best thing is to look for something like a subtitle or subheading, or a phrase from the opening paragraph, that says what the article is about.
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My comment about the video no longer makes sense since it has been moved to the other post that links to a PDF file. Also, I am not able to delete it.
Sorry! I've moved your comment back now.
Btw, please don't editorialize titles - that's in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ("Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.") If you want to say what you think is important about an article, that's fine, but do it by adding a comment to the thread. Then your view will be on a level playing field with everyone else's: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...
Thanks for pointing this out. I attempted to use the original title, but it was too long to fit within the character limit, so I chose a different one instead. Is there a rule to follow if the title is too long? Should I just let it get cut off?
Thank you for moving my comment back :)
Sorry for the delay in replying! When titles exceed 80 chars it's best to drop superfluous words until you get something that fits the limit and is still recognizably the original title. In this case the other submitter simply dropped everything after the colon and got a usable title.
If that's not possible, the next best thing is to look for something like a subtitle or subheading, or a phrase from the opening paragraph, that says what the article is about.
Past explanations about this kind of thing in case it's helpful: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...