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		zackola on Sept 24, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll: Why don't you have your email in your HN pro... What I would actually want is to be able to put something like `ruby -r base64 -e 'puts Base64.decode64("emhhbGJyZWNodEBnbWFpbC5jb20=")'` into the email field. Doesn't take probably for length or validation reasons :) Anyone who can't figure that out, I don't think I want emailing me through HN.

OneWhoFrogs on Sept 25, 2010 | [–]

If I may speak for him, ezl does this on his profile:

  you can email me @: "@".join(['quotesentinel.com', my_hn_username,][::-1])

(http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ezl)

michaelfairley on Sept 24, 2010 | [–]

The email field isn't public anyways.

employfive on Sept 24, 2010 | [–]

Ah, I should've been clearer: I meant putting your email in the "about" field for others to see.

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