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jrockway on June 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afg...

HN does not [support](markdown).

natrius on June 14, 2010 [–]

> The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions.

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

I'd prefer links as footnotes, but using markdown even when it isn't supported isn't so bad.

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