The site's security works fine. But it's mathematically impossible to distinguish malicious from benign traffic in general (extensional equality of procedures i

The site's security works fine. But it's mathematically impossible to distinguish malicious from benign traffic in general (extensional equality of procedures is uncomputable), so we use simpler "heuristic" rules, based on our threat models. You are able to bypass the anti-abuse mechanisms, because it is not worth making them stricter for your sake. If you are annoying enough, you'll get a special dozen-line patch, just for you. This is the most boring, pointless kind of victory I can imagine. I've got three attacks on the HN anti-abuse mechanisms in my back pocket, but I do not use them: there is as yet no good reason for me to do so, I have better things to do, and I have some respect for other people's time.