How to insert references in comments here?

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I often see comments on HN with references added at the end, but am unclear how they did it. I would guess its some sort of MultiMarkdown, but how? Are people writing in a text editor in MMD and copy pasting it here, or is there a browser extension everybody uses I don't know about?

tlb · Accepted Answer

You just type them with square brackets, like this [0]. There's no feature [1] involved.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_feature

anigbrowl · Answer

You mean like this? [1]1. https://something.somewhere.orgJust type it out. There's no magic. You can put them inline (which I prefer) but if they're in the middle rather than at the end of a paragraph it's harder to read.

How to insert references in comments here?

I often see comments on HN with references added at the end, but am unclear how they did it. I would guess its some sort of MultiMarkdown, but how? Are people writing in a text editor in MMD and copy pasting it here, or is there a browser extension everybody uses I don't know about?

You just type them with square brackets, like this [0]. There's no feature [1] involved.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_feature

You mean like this? [1]
1. https://something.somewhere.org
Just type it out. There's no magic. You can put them inline (which I prefer) but if they're in the middle rather than at the end of a paragraph it's harder to read.