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Repost [1]. The other thread has some interesting comments too. 1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4503104 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4503104

• scrrr 14y ago
  The [1] is a little bit too much, no? First, it's just one URL, secondly, it's right there. Or is this a convention when posting on HN?
  • sp332 14y ago
    It's not a strong convention but it's used fairly often. It makes the text more readable.
  • samwilliams 14y ago
    I had a pretty long debate with myself about that before posting. What I concluded was that I probably should use the [1] as I wanted to say something else afterwards and it is nicer not to have to extract the URL from a block of text (I personally believe). Had I only wanted to note that it was a repost I would have just put the URL in.