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HN Duplicate Submissions

Users frequently share links to previous or duplicate Hacker News submissions, often correcting errors, noting prior posts, or referencing flagged items within comment threads.

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malteg • May 26, 2025 • View on HN

Is it this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31444363Or that?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15177251

RiderOfGiraffes • Jan 20, 2011 • View on HN

Oops - sorry - here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2123469

Rendello • Feb 6, 2025 • View on HN

I meant to link it earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42942618

adefa • Aug 29, 2025 • View on HN

Thank you, I posted this earlier and it was flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45058762

yawaramin • Sep 24, 2023 • View on HN

You're right. Here you go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37629505

tnorthcutt • Mar 20, 2013 • View on HN

I submitted this yesterday, but linked to the home page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5396626

tpmx • Dec 27, 2019 • View on HN

I submitted this link as a post just now:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21892123

shurcooL • Jan 18, 2015 • View on HN

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8907211. Sorry about that, I'll do something about it later on.

yohui • Nov 5, 2017 • View on HN

I think you mean this link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631084

jnbiche • Nov 6, 2013 • View on HN

Sorry, I meant this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6682813