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jrockway on Dec 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The microhydro plant

HN comment posts don't seem to be idempotent, so it's very easy to double-post the same comment by clicking twice on the button, or reloading the page at the wrong time, etc.

sp332 on Dec 13, 2013 [–]

HN auto-deads comments that are identical, but here it seems there are a few words different so they both show up.

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