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by inetsee 5210 days ago
This is a duplicate of a post that appeared four days ago. I thought the HN software caught duplicates like this.
3 comments

Dupe-catcher seems to treat fragment IDs as defining a unique URL:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3667166

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3685113

In fact, out of curiosity I tried to submit the story once again by munging the fragment ID. And was able to:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3687267

It catches duplicates only if they're identical, which they're not in this case. Same article, slight differences in the link querystring.
Do you have a link to it? I'd like to see the discussion on the post.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3667166

4 Days ago and 0 comments. I'd say this 'repost' is warranted, was an interesting read for many people it seems.