[froh]

So the programmers joke here is the silent nod to jamie zawinski, as a maths savvy guy who is bartending?

https://www.jwz.org/about.html

[mkl]

Don't click this link, copy and paste it. JWZ redirects clicks from HN.

[Grebbles]

How exactly does a redirect like that work? I didn't know links provided context when loading the subsequent page.

[ayewo]

The web server was configured to check the referrer.

   If (referrer === ‘https://news.ycombinator.com’) {

   // show offensive pic of male genitalia 
   }

[abiogenesis]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer

[kroltan]

Or click it too! It's pretty hilarious