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# Hacker News
 
This tiny script is a scraper for http://news.ycombinator.com.  It shows just how little Ruby is required to run a powerful web filter.
 
## What it be doin':
 
  * Fetches the YCombinator news page
  * HPricot's it into pieces
  * Builds an RSS feed
  * Uses `links` to parse the destination article page and include the main text inline
  * Runs as a stand-alone server thanks to Rack and Mongrel