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Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil
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Mar 27, 2026 2:49 PM UTC
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144 characters

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Andrew Neil
Andrew NeilAuthor
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Mar 27, 2026 2:55 PM UTC

Looks like it should be more like 100 - so that it never has to wrap to a second line in any view.

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TDK
TDK
Mar 27, 2026 3:47 PM UTC

144 is excessive but 100 is good? Eh. We don't need to ride a knife's edge here. 144 is fine.

100 will still wrap if browser is resized, or on phone.

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Andrew Neil
Andrew NeilAuthor
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Mar 27, 2026 4:00 PM UTC

44% is hardly a "knife-edge" !

Yes, 100 is still "a lot" - could well be shorter.

 

80 or 72 ... ?

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