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Re:Tell HN: Add a '+' to the end of any bit.ly link to get t... by uuid on Monday May 24, 2010 @11:21AM (#1374824)
De-referencing short urls is a pain.

http://www.longurlplease.com/ is quite nice.

Bookmarklet, FF extension, and a JSON API. I've used the API, and it was a pleasant experience.

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Re:Tell HN: Add a '+' to the end of any bit.ly link to get t... by elidourado on Monday May 24, 2010 @01:06PM (#1375083)
I wrote a Chrome extension that uses their API, but beware that their API does go down from time to time.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ecnmdlgmbjkiikea...

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Re:Tell HN: Add a '+' to the end of any bit.ly link to get t... by adolph on Monday May 24, 2010 @11:30AM (#1374847)
The bookmarklet works great. Thanks for the reference.
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