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I am amazed that HN doesn't prevent you from submitting old news. Is it not possible to check for pre-existing URL's in LISP?

• cpach 16y ago
  The previously submitted URL was not canonical though, since it had a hyphen instead of an en dash.
  • tokenadult 16y ago
    Interesting. I always select-and-copy the (canonical) URL from my browser address bar when I paste into the HN submission form. I wouldn't dream of using hand typing to copy a URL.
    • cpach 16y ago
      But the version with the hyphen was canonical until 2009-08-13⋆, so it's not very surprising to see it floating around still. ⋆ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect&diff=prev&oldid=307667359 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunning%E2%80%93Kr...
    • dwynings 16y ago
      I used the HN Bookmarklet fwiw.