[lxgr]

You might want to copy-paste the URL for this one, or find another way to not send a referer HTTP header.

[ReadCarlBarks]

If you're concerned about referers, I recommend installing Referer Modifier and setting it to remove cross-hostname referers by default.

I've been using it for years and only had to add about 20 exceptions, like:

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target: imgur.com

origin: -

action: replace

replacement: https://imgur.com/

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target: amd.com

origin: -

action: target

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target: google(\w+)?.com$

origin: google.com

action: prune

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https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/referer-modifier/

[AlbertoGP]

One way is to use the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20240623012818/https://www.jwz.o...

> Some will tell you that Mozilla's worst decision was to accept funding from Google, and that may have been the first domino, but I hold that implementing DRM is what doomed them, as it led to their culture of capitulation. It demonstrated that their decisions were the decisions of a company shipping products, not those of a non-profit devoted to preserving the open web.

[whyoh]

If you value privacy, you should disable referers by default. Only enable them if you really have to (there are extensions for that).

[ben0x539]

You could also respect the author's desire for this audience to not engage with his takes and move on. Either works.

[lxgr]

So if somebody gives me the finger, I can't discuss their publicly stated opinions elsewhere? That's certainly a take.

[ben0x539]

Yeah no you certainly can do that, but imo it's kinda weird when it's not even something important or anything.

[pixxel]

Not important to you.

[shadowgovt]

Is that what he's trying to do? I thought he was just poking fun at the notion that the site is called "Hacker News" but the average reader here needs written directions to circumvent a very old alternate content game from the '90s internet era.

It's a pretty clever ribbing, 10 for 10. ;)

[lxgr]

That's actually how I took it as well – a little roadblock that shouldn't keep any real hacker busy for too long :)

[actionfromafar]

Which sin is it that referrer even exists?

[dnissley]

Right click open incognito tab