I did a quick run through the FAQ and the site how to but didnt find the answer to my question. I've been finding some great pieces of wisdom on the site that I'd like to keep in my own hymnal. However often, when i search for an object, I just get returned to the main page which makes the node unable to be bookmarked. For example, I found this one through search, but when i went to add it to my list I noticed that I was actually just putting another entry for the front page into my bookmarks.

Is there a way to find a node's ID so that I can directly reference it in the future or with bookmarks? Or do i need to manually create my link with http://www.perlmonks.com/index.pl?node=poor%20person%27s%20database

humbly -c

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