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sunbum | 3 months ago

Why does that link redirect to a fart sound hosted on Wikipedia?

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  // Vidrun, born of the sea-wind through the spruce
  // Vidrun, green-tinged offshoot of my bough, joy and burden of my life
  // Vidrun, fierce and clever, may our clanâ€™s wisdom be yours:
  //
  //     Never read Hacker News
  // - Aphyr, "Hexing the technical interview"
  if (document.referrer.startsWith("https://news.ycombinator.com")) {
      document.location = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Human_fart.wav"
  }

> https://www.boringcactus.com/assets/site.js

GaggiX|3 months ago

I find it always hilarious when websites check the referer for HN and do some random shit. "Alive internet theory"

heavensteeth|3 months ago

The author doesn't like HN.

dspillett|3 months ago

This is sort of thing is why I have a “they don't want me there, and I'm fine with that” list in my PiHole config.

dmit|3 months ago

The Referer header strikes again. You'd think the typo in its name would be the worst thing about it, but nope.

bakugo|3 months ago

A quick glance at the website in question suggests that its owner may not be particularly mentally mature.