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		jachee on Feb 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Essential shutting down after failing to launch ‘G... Please don't use code blocks for quoting. (Unless you also hard-wrap the quote at ~50 columns. The blocks themselves don't wrap long lines but rather are horizontal-scrolling, cut off, and annoying.)

Stratoscope on Feb 13, 2020 [–]

Don't hard wrap either. There is no fixed line length that works well on multiple devices.

Instead, just use italics, perhaps with ">" prefixes:

> Unlocked Palm is a standalone device that works as a normal phone with supported carriers.

> However, Palm is also enjoyed by many users as a secondary device.

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