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What's the hn=2 GET param for?

• bradly 15y ago
  It is because that URL was already submitted after his passing with a short note from Apple. This is to submit a different story that has the same URL.
  • DanielRibeiro 15y ago
    The original post (with many thoughtful comments): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3078128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3078128
• JeremyBanks 15y ago
  This page has already been submitted a few times (it's the same URL as his death announcement was posted on), so that needed to be added to get around the dupe-checker.
• Toddward 15y ago
  You can't submit a URL to HN twice - since the Steve Jobs tribute page had already been submitted, I'm assuming an arbitrary parameter was added to allow the URL to be reposted.