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Pairs great with the tale of the Death Valley Germans: https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/ https://www.

• ahofmann 1y ago
  This article really crawled under my skin a decade ago and stayed there. If one likes that feeling, this is a great read. If not, do not read.
  • shmeeed 1y ago
    Man, it's absolutely the same for me. Thinking of it, I should go re-read it now.
• frereubu 1y ago
  I get a 401 error with that link, but when I visit it from a search engine it's fine. I think they may have blocked referrals from HN, so if you see that message, try copying-and-pasting the URL into a new tab / window / incognito window. I read this a while ago, and as other say, it's worth it.
  • xenophonf 1y ago
    I use Smart Referer to disable this, but the extension appears to be unmaintained: https://gitlab.com/smart-referrer/smart-referer https://gitlab.com/smart-referrer/smart-referer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/smart-referer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/smart-referer... Anyone know of a reputable replacement?
  • techterrier 1y ago
    bizzarely the owner has put it behind a password login in the past few minutes. Still on the archive tho: https://archive.is/Zuz68 https://archive.is/Zuz68
    • frereubu 1y ago
      Given the design, I reckon they might well be on a tiny hand-crafted server, in which case it makes sense. I seem to remember something similar the last time this was posted.
    • grimblee 1y ago
      Because of ai companies' web crawlers overloading their bandwidth ?
• maaaaattttt 1y ago
  This was a great read, thank you for sharing it!