[simoncion]

Is it some item of human genitalia? If so, you've triggered JWZ's anti-image-hotlinking system.

There must be something somewhat unusual about your browser or maybe something is mangling HTTP requests on their way to his server.

[nfm]

Yes, yes it is.

Does the link work as expected for you?

The strange thing is that it does work for me if I copy-paste the link (as opposed to ctrl-clicking it). There really shouldn't be much that's different between those two requests except for the referrer header.

[simoncion]

It does work as expected for me, no matter how I visit the URL. (The first time I viewed the page, I ctrl-clicked the URL.)

> There really shouldn't be much that's different between those two requests except for the referrer header.

I don't know the details, but I gather that that's a big component of the anti-hotlinking system.

[Analemma_]

jwz just confirmed on Twitter that he blocks requests with HN in the referrer: https://twitter.com/jwz/status/665658171415859200

[simoncion]

Odd. Clicking on the link in the HN conversation works just fine for me.

Wait. Does running Firefox in Incognito Mode not send along a referrer?

[467568985476]

*referer ;)

[simoncion]

I am neither an HTTP server nor client. ;)

[nitrogen]

Huh. I guess we don't have time for jwz, either.