Site blocks VPN users.
This is why you should self host your VPN.
But where do you self-host it? Most sites that block VPNs also block VPSes
GameBoy Workboy
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Re: GameBoy Workboy
#42Access seems pretty strict —— 403 Forbidden You are unable to access this site. Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now. If you are using a VPN, try disabling it first. We block many VPNs because of abuse. If that does not work, the block may be due to one of the following reasons: You are connecting using a network we have blocked. Your connection is still using a VPN or proxy (incl. Apple Private Wi…
30 out of 34 comments are about the content blocking. Only four comments are about the content of the article, and none of them really go into depth. This has been at the top of HN all day. If people can't see it, what gives?
From my logging, most people can access it just fine.
As for "what gives", I have no idea. The article itself isn't interesting and doesn't contain much of value; the "game" itself is what is interesting, but that's not what the article is there to cover.
So my guess is it's just only the people who can't see it, because for others there's not really much to discuss. I don't know why this was even posted here, to be honest.
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, the community run TCRF wiki is banning VPNs just so they can mine your data along with the luxurious $400/mo they're getting from Patreon. And not because they're constantly being besieged by rampant bots that they have to resort to such drastic measures.
I don’t know anything about TCRF or what they do as their website blocks me. I do see trackers from multiple big corporations on tcrf.net. What bots are using Apple Private Relay?
> I don’t know anything about TCRF or what they do as their website blocks me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cutting_Room_Floor_(websit...
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#44The linked video seems to provide a much deeper story: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcrPM-jDqY&ra=m
yes, amazing complement to a super rare non-release (but protoype) exists.
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, the community run TCRF wiki is banning VPNs just so they can mine your data along with the luxurious $400/mo they're getting from Patreon. And not because they're constantly being besieged by rampant bots that they have to resort to such drastic measures.
I don’t know anything about TCRF or what they do as their website blocks me. I do see trackers from multiple big corporations on tcrf.net. What bots are using Apple Private Relay?
This is fascinating to me, because you just said you can't see it, but also that there are "trackers from multiple big corporations". Can you tell me what those are?
I ask primarily because we explicitly don't use any trackers, to a degree I actually pride myself on running a website that doesn't contact anything else: https://mini.xkeeper.net/private/C58L77azpY.png
The sole exceptions are YouTube embeds, afaik. I even switched out the MediaWiki and CC badges to be local.
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t know anything about TCRF or what they do as their website blocks me. I do see trackers from multiple big corporations on tcrf.net. What bots are using Apple Private Relay?
This is fascinating to me, because you just said you can't see it, but also that there are "trackers from multiple big corporations". Can you tell me what those are? I ask primarily because we explicitly don't use any trackers, to a degree I actually pride myself on running a website that doesn't contact anything else: https://mini.xkeeper.net/private/C58L77azpY.png The sole exceptions are YouTube embeds, afaik. I ev…
uBlock Origin shows nothing out of the ordinary but Youtube, Google and Doubleclick, so Google, Google and Google, and I assume all of those are due to the embed.
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#47Site blocks VPN users.
Unfortunately true. I wrote about it early last year here: https://blog.xkeeper.net/uncategorized/tcrf-has-been-getting...
The story has not changed much. Every so often I will remove most of the blocks put in place, and within a few hours I'm back to having to block them. Many of the cheaper VPNs are also hosted on AWS / Google Cloud / Azure (or other cloud providers), which are also unilaterally blocked.
I would much prefer we did not have to do this, but it is what it is.
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#48Access seems pretty strict —— 403 Forbidden You are unable to access this site. Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now. If you are using a VPN, try disabling it first. We block many VPNs because of abuse. If that does not work, the block may be due to one of the following reasons: You are connecting using a network we have blocked. Your connection is still using a VPN or proxy (incl. Apple Private Wi…
30 out of 34 comments are about the content blocking. Only four comments are about the content of the article, and none of them really go into depth. This has been at the top of HN all day. If people can't see it, what gives?
People who can see the article can see that it's incredibly mid and not worth commenting on.
But for people who can't see the article, it could be anything! For all they know, they're being kept out of the greatest content of all time!
Re: GameBoy Workboy
#49Here’s a nice YouTube video about GameBoy WorkBoy; a hardware addon and software productivity apps for the game boy,’unreleased and recently recovered https://youtu.be/1Y98jj3Kn84?si=dMII3mTmeDI0XrCn
Sorry if it’s in the article, I can’t access it either
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s basically “give me your IP address before you can continue so we can better data mine you”
Yeah, the community run TCRF wiki is banning VPNs just so they can mine your data along with the luxurious $400/mo they're getting from Patreon. And not because they're constantly being besieged by rampant bots that they have to resort to such drastic measures.
Why not use a captcha or turnstile?