The fact that it's the only site I've seen that demonstrates the ability to read HTTP referral headers from hacker news shows who the real hacker is...
Nah, just having a problem with the hug of death would be an explanation for redirecting to a polite static message saying "sorry, my site can't handle the load when HN links to it". What he has done instead is excessively diskish.
The fact that it's the only site I've seen that demonstrates the ability to read HTTP referral headers from hacker news shows who the real hacker is...
Not sure if serious, but looking at referral headers is commonplace and trivial
Please. The "real hackers" are proxying their requests and sending custom headers to begin with.
That, or he hates the HN hug of death.
Nah, just having a problem with the hug of death would be an explanation for redirecting to a polite static message saying "sorry, my site can't handle the load when HN links to it". What he has done instead is excessively diskish.
What has he done? Everyone’s commenting he doesn’t like HN but when I clicked the link everything looks fine. Serious question.
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