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Recently there were few (one for sure) postings with scribd.com listed in parenthesis and they had nothing to do with scribd (they were all pdf's if i remember
by gala8y 15y ago
Recently there were few (one for sure) postings with scribd.com listed in parenthesis and they had nothing to do with scribd (they were all pdf's if i remember correctly).
This case sure is different - even stranger.
Looks like HN script is behaving.
edit: Fresh example from /newest list:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190866 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190866
- jules 15y agoHN has been adding [scribd] links to pdfs for a very long time. Scribd is a YC startup.
- gala8y 15y agoRoger that. (Am kinda new here.) Then, it looks like its uploading pdf to Scribd or looking for Scribd copy of a posted pdf ...or does something completely different. http://www.scribd.com/vacuum http://www.scribd.com/vacuum? sure sounds mystic. Anyway, not much to discuss.
- waitwhat 15y agoI assume the script is called "vacuum" because it sucks in a url (and then displays it.)