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Re:Hacker News "Submit" functionality needs a Digg-like dupl... by joshwa on Monday March 24, 2008 @06:24PM (#145092)
A single comment or timestamp would change the hash.

Maybe the <title>, or the contents of the first <h1> or something would be a better proxy.

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Re:Hacker News "Submit" functionality needs a Digg-like dupl... by Xichekolas on Monday March 24, 2008 @06:40PM (#145108)
Yeah that is what I was thinking when I added that last line.

For some reason I initially wasn't thinking about comments... so the title would be a much better proxy.

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