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How I use my terminal

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538 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 15:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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jonjacky ◴[23 Jun 25 16:27 UTC] No.44357406[source]▶
The article title is actually "How I use my terminal"
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progbits ◴[23 Jun 25 17:29 UTC] No.44358040[source]▶
This is a HN "feature" removing How if it's the first word in the title. It serves no purpose other than generating confusion, with mods saying this somehow stops clickbait. How, you wonder? Nobody knows.
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1. rbanffy ◴[23 Jun 25 18:21 UTC] No.44358557[source]▶
I believe these changes are intended to defang some clickbaity titles, but you are right that it maims some perfectly good ones.