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Change news.ycombinator to news.gcombinator to get copyable context

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Post by mpaepper » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC

Change news.ycombinator to news.gcombinator to get copyable context
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#2

Post by chromehearts » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC

I fear that "gcombinator" could breach copyright?

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#3

Post by mpaepper » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC

For example this post here becomes: https://news.gcombinator.com/item?id=46780583

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#4

Post by 7777777phil » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

is this supposed to be LLM optimization or what's the primary use-case for this?

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#5

Post by mpaepper » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

chromehearts wrote: post #2

I fear that "gcombinator" could breach copyright?

Maybe, however, they might not care as the API is freely available anyways

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#6

Post by chromehearts » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC

mpaepper wrote: post #5

chromehearts wrote: post #2

I fear that "gcombinator" could breach copyright?

Maybe, however, they might not care as the API is freely available anyways

You're right.. well hope it doesn't come to that

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#7

Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

7777777phil wrote: post #4

is this supposed to be LLM optimization or what's the primary use-case for this?

Easy copy paste of the thread metadata. Try to copy the thread title without it.

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#8

Post by beardyw » Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

Says JavaScript is disabled in my Brave.

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