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


  // 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 clan’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


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


The author doesn't like HN.


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.


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


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




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