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		jurre on Nov 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: elegant open-source pastebin server (node... While you're at it, changing the extension seems to break the back button in Chrome and Safari on OSX.

wahnfrieden on Nov 29, 2011 | [–]

I haven't tried reproducing this, but it sounds like he's setting redirects based on GETs. A bad idea all-around, and not only for breaking the back button in this case.

seejohnrun on Nov 29, 2011 | [–]

vvv wahnfrieden

will be fixed tonight

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