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Re:Gitlab was down by TangerineDream on Saturday October 24, 2020 @06:25AM (#24878236)
Why append "?hn-duplicate-disable=true" at the end of the URL?
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Re:Gitlab was down by phoe-krk on Saturday October 24, 2020 @06:31AM (#24878256)
Because I was unable to add the submission - I was instead redirected to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656268.
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Re:Gitlab was down by ravivyas on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:07AM (#24878419)
The URL may be updated to: https://status.gitlab.com/pages/incident/5b36dc6502d06804c08...
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Re:Gitlab was down by dessant on Saturday October 24, 2020 @06:29AM (#24878254)
It's a long enough query parameter to bypass HN's duplicate detector. Previous submissions appear to have been auto-flagged.
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