Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL

Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by mulmen on Thursday December 21, 2023 @12:51AM (#38717402)

CERN circa 1994.

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by quickthrower2 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @04:59AM (#38718708)

Tell me more?

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by mulmen on Thursday December 21, 2023 @06:03AM (#38719050)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by quickthrower2 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @06:38AM (#38719247)

And where does this mention a constant mutation of urls as a mnemonic system as a substitute for a form submission to provide a service in 1-1 correspondence to another service?

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by mulmen on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:50AM (#38720339)

URLs can be manipulated. It’s even encouraged.

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by tempaccount420 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @03:47PM (#38726701)

Really? I thought it was recommended for URLs to stay static, as to not break old links.

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Re:Show HN: Talk to any ArXiv paper just by changing the URL by mulmen on Sunday December 24, 2023 @06:43PM (#38758145)

URLs can be manipulated by the user. If they’re human-readable we can explore a site without links.

Consider something like phpbb. There are thousands of instances in the world, all with similar URLs. You might have some management script or bookmarks that rely on this URL structure and you can just change the domain name to use them on a new site.

Ditto for discovering historical blog posts on a wordpress site. Or interacting with a Stack Overflow.

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