Truncate a thread title

[kphoger]

National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► I believe this one family — they seem honest
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► States That Have 2 Or More State Routes — can you name all fifty?
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Trump's In — because he was elected, duh
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Which State Designs Freeways — or is there more than one...
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Do you know of any interchanges — includes a poll:  yes or no
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► How far can you travel — I bet I can travel farther than you, neener neener
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Streets named after you — we're all very impressed
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Bridges you have been on — every. single. one.
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Bridges you have been on but not — probably in the Perkins Union
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Who runs roads — depends on which definition of 'runs' you mean

[WillWeaverRVA]

Is that really truncation.........???

Interestingly, I can't find an attestation that says that truncation must be from one of the ends. Both of the dictionaries I consulted emphasize that it's a shortening by removing a portion. In Perl, the String::Truncate module takes a given string and shortens it to a given length, and you can tell it to delete from the beginning, middle, or end. Python uses truncate to shorten a file specifically and what gets truncated seems to depend on the particulars of a file pointer in such a way that I don't know that's it's a relevant example.

I always figured truncation was shortening by removing any portion, regardless of where. In mathematics it does specifically refer to shortening by removing digits to the right of a decimal point, but we're not doing mathematical truncation here.

[Big John]

SCAR - remains of a racecar crash.

[PNWRoadgeek]

Things in middle - Hmm... In the middle of where exactly? Earth?
How many forum members? - I'd guess around 50-100 active a day.
Former names you use - I have none.
US Highways Proposed - Where? In Alanland?
The mission to make every freeway - I don't even know what they mean by this.
If you could change - I would.

[TheCatalyst31]

Which state posts the worst - critiquing official state social media accounts
Which abandoned Android - I'm fond of WALL-E, personally

[kphoger]

National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► I think I have fallen — and I can't get up
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Idaho replaces US 95 — with I-984
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► An awful ex — trust me, this isn't off topic
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Cons — have you ever fallen for one while on the road?
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Which states use what electron — e.g., SC uses valence
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Mountable Me — a new kind of roadmeet
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Where do you get your sig — copy and paste from AI?
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Toll Collectors: A Dis — they're stupid, and they smell bad
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Lets talk old — what ben the beste thynges of weyes?
National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► MUTCD Quest — to own a paper copy of every edition

[freebrickproductions]

National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Cons

A discussion of conventions that people have been to (road-related or otherwise, including fandom ones).

[PNWRoadgeek]

National Boards ► General Highway Talk ► Cons

A discussion of conventions that people have been to (road-related or otherwise, including fandom ones).

The first time I've ever seen one of these, I feel like 2000 years later these are gonna be common place on forum sites. Even dumb ones.

[vdeane]

Things in middle - Hmm... In the middle of where exactly?

My days of not taking you seriously.