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		BobaFloutist 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's shortened goo.gl links will stop working ... I mean preferably do both, right? The URL is better for however long it works.

SoftTalker 25 days ago [–]

We are long, long past any notion that URLs are permanent references to anything. Better to cite with title, author, and publisher so that maybe a web search will turn it up later. The original URL will almost certainly be broken after a few years.

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