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From a Thunderlink to a Markdown link

ThunderLinks are durable hyperlinks to specific email messages generated from Thunderbird in HTML format. Leverage the power of vim to make them suitable for a markdown-formatted file.

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Solutions

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172 active golfers, 776 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#91 - Tinko Minko / @tandikula

06/19/2020 at 06:45AM

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#92 - lqkem3 / @lqkem31

06/19/2020 at 09:46AM

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#93 - artcha / @artushkevichs

07/08/2020 at 10:21AM

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#94 - Norman Liu / @normanwliu

07/25/2020 at 11:23PM

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#95 - Alek Mugnozzo / @mugnozzo

08/18/2020 at 10:06AM

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#96 - Robert Verst / @r_verst

09/02/2020 at 06:05AM

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#97 - Luc Kien Hang / @luckienhang

09/04/2020 at 01:26AM

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#98 - Brendan Schaenzer / @bschaenzer

09/30/2020 at 03:22AM

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#99 - Roman Matzutt / @matzutt

06/13/2021 at 07:01PM

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#100 - Kha Nguyen / @__ngtrongkha

06/20/2021 at 08:28AM

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#101 - 0xf00ff00f / @0xf00ff00f

10/19/2023 at 03:07PM

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#102 - Yannick / @Yannick88147038

06/12/2020 at 03:00PM

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#103 - nihilistCookie / @NihilistCookie

06/13/2020 at 08:38PM

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#104 - Remy_Clarke / @_Remy_Clarke_

07/18/2020 at 01:12AM

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#105 - Kurtis D. Miller / @phdkurt

07/26/2020 at 06:52PM

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#106 - vito / @vito49999722

08/01/2020 at 07:42AM

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#107 - GenericHardwareGamer / @GnrikHrdwrGamer

08/05/2020 at 11:09AM

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#108 - grsh / @girish_i_am

05/28/2021 at 11:44AM

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#109 - UrbanNinja1010 / @UrbanNinja1010

04/07/2025 at 08:50AM

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#110 - Jackie / @Jackie57887507

06/05/2020 at 03:03AM

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#111 - Marco Meyer / @marcomeyerVFX

06/10/2020 at 08:12AM

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#112 - Martin Bielik / @mabielik

08/06/2020 at 10:01PM

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#113 - Thiago Becker / @beckert

08/17/2020 at 12:57PM

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#114 - mstronam / @mstronam

10/02/2020 at 10:44AM

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#115 - Demian Martinez / @demianuco

11/02/2020 at 09:33AM

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#116 - thari.eth / @thari_eth

11/13/2021 at 10:05AM

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#117 - James / @Dronak

12/09/2022 at 09:28PM

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#118 - Tzero Ocne / @TzeroOcne

06/05/2020 at 11:18PM

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#119 - Shalom Yiblet / @syiblet

06/07/2020 at 07:35PM

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#120 - Sean Dewar / @seandewar

09/18/2020 at 09:08PM