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Re:A successful Git branching model by bry on Friday December 03, 2010 @02:54PM (#1967217)
Not sure if this has been suggested or not, but what about a list of "similar articles" below yours (based on a search of past articles based on title/content/etc) so that you can verify yours is unique?
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Re:A successful Git branching model by RiderOfGiraffes on Friday December 03, 2010 @04:13PM (#1967448)
It's an interesting idea, and could be useful. I think that finding a selection that matches your intended submission could be difficult. Would be cool, though.
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Re:A successful Git branching model by moe on Saturday December 04, 2010 @02:27AM (#1968796)
Technically not difficult, but would add quite a bit of complexity to HN in order to fetch and store at least a fuzzy hash of the article bodies.

From there it's mostly a case for a bayesian classifier (LSI) and some elbow grease.

FWIW, the "similar articles" footer on most blogs is implemented that way.

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