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		nozzlegear 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: URLs are state containers Sure, but the SO link was just an example. HN does it with any link, like this one which is 1000 characters long: https://example.com/some/path?foo=bar&baz=bat&foo=bar&baz=ba... If the website or app has a good UX for displaying/sharing URLs, the length doesn't really matter.

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