You can't download this image

#1

Post by calmingsolitude » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC

You can't download this image
youcantdownloadthisimage.online

Re: You can't download this image

#2

Post by Hard_Space » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:16 AM UTC

You really can't - the HN hug of death has killed it!

#3

Post by teitoklien » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:23 AM UTC

Hard_Space wrote: post #2

You really can't - the HN hug of death has killed it!

The image was dead in the first place, hence it cannot be downloaded or opened.

That’s the joke, i guess.

#4

Post by T0Bi » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:24 AM UTC

It's definitely hard to download an image that doesn't load. :(

#5

Post by dvh » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:25 AM UTC

If I wanted a non-downloadable image I would make it from 1px wide/tall colored divs.

#6

Post by masswerk » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:26 AM UTC

dvh wrote: post #5

If I wanted a non-downloadable image I would make it from 1px wide/tall colored divs.

I actually used this to generate graphs in JS/HTML in the 1990s. :-)

#7

Post by MildlySerious » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:38 AM UTC

dvh wrote: post #5

If I wanted a non-downloadable image I would make it from 1px wide/tall colored divs.

Pretty sure that was actually used in emails at some point, just with tables, to get around email clients not loading images.

#8

Post by huhtenberg » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:39 AM UTC

#9

Post by dobladov » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:40 AM UTC

#10

Post by shrx » Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:44 AM UTC

dobladov wrote: post #9

curl --max-time 1 https://youcantdownloadthisimage.online/lisa.jpg > lisa.jpg

Results in an empty file.