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deefour on Dec 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Principles

I imagine it updates to make it easier for a reader to grab a link directly to the section they're currently looking at.

They could use `replaceState`[1] instead of `pushState` though so as not to mess with your browser history.

[1]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API...

bmpafa on Dec 23, 2016 [–]

it's strange that the post we're replying to is 37 minutes old, but we both posted replies at nearly the same instant.

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