5 ms·

(Side note) That's odd, lobste.rs seems to be down for me, and has been like that for a couple of months now -- I literally cannot reach the site. Is that actu

(Side note) That's odd, lobste.rs seems to be down for me, and has been like that for a couple of months now -- I literally cannot reach the site. Is that actually just me?? EDIT: just tried some things, very weird stuff: curl works fine. Firefox works fine. But my usual browser, Brave, does not, and complains that "This site can't be reached (ERR_INVALID_RESPONSE)". Very very very weird, anyone else going through this?

yurivish 2y ago
Why Brave is blocked: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters-ansible/issues/45 https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters-ansible/issues/45
- DaSHacka 2y ago
  Looks as though it's not currently in effect, however? https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/761 https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/761 What a trite cat-and-mouse game, though at least it's entertaining to watch them try.
Permik 2y ago
Hello from Finland, I can reach the site all fine. Hope you get your connection issues sorted :)
rascul 2y ago
Seems like lobste.rs might be blocking Brave. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42353473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42353473
porridgeraisin 2y ago
They are throwing a bit of a hissy fit over brave. Change the user agent or something and view the site.
- ykonstant 2y ago
  Reading the facts of the situation, it seems like a warranted "bit of a hissy fit".
  - sammy2255 2y ago
    Disagree. Regardless of what Brave is doing you shouldn’t block via User Agent like this.
    - gs17 2y ago
      Especially not simply making the site not load like that. If you really think a browser is so bad you don't want people using it, at least have it redirect to a message explaining what your grievance is. Unless the browser is DDoSing webpages it loads successfully, making the site look broken is pretty worthless as a response. EDIT: Although, it looks like they tried to do that sometimes? No idea why they would switch from that approach.
  - hitekker 2y ago
    Eh, pushcx's is right to disagree with past bad decision Brave made, but I think he's conflating a few grievances together. Someone tried to reason with him on that front: https://lobste.rs/s/iopw1d/what_s_up_with_lobste_rs_blocking_brave#c_ezne5h https://lobste.rs/s/iopw1d/what_s_up_with_lobste_rs_blocking... I sense hidden ideology, but it's his community to own, not mine.
    - coffeeling 2y ago
      It's not just that he disagrees with the things on an object, what happened level. He actively reads malice into every misstep to paint the organization as abusive.
      - porridgeraisin 2y ago
        Yep.

yurivish 2y ago

Why Brave is blocked: https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters-ansible/issues/45 https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters-ansible/issues/45

DaSHacka 2y ago
Looks as though it's not currently in effect, however? https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/761 https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues/761 What a trite cat-and-mouse game, though at least it's entertaining to watch them try.

Permik 2y ago

Hello from Finland, I can reach the site all fine. Hope you get your connection issues sorted :)

rascul 2y ago

Seems like lobste.rs might be blocking Brave. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42353473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42353473

porridgeraisin 2y ago

They are throwing a bit of a hissy fit over brave. Change the user agent or something and view the site.

ykonstant 2y ago
Reading the facts of the situation, it seems like a warranted "bit of a hissy fit".
- sammy2255 2y ago
  Disagree. Regardless of what Brave is doing you shouldn’t block via User Agent like this.
  - gs17 2y ago
    Especially not simply making the site not load like that. If you really think a browser is so bad you don't want people using it, at least have it redirect to a message explaining what your grievance is. Unless the browser is DDoSing webpages it loads successfully, making the site look broken is pretty worthless as a response. EDIT: Although, it looks like they tried to do that sometimes? No idea why they would switch from that approach.
- hitekker 2y ago
  Eh, pushcx's is right to disagree with past bad decision Brave made, but I think he's conflating a few grievances together. Someone tried to reason with him on that front: https://lobste.rs/s/iopw1d/what_s_up_with_lobste_rs_blocking_brave#c_ezne5h https://lobste.rs/s/iopw1d/what_s_up_with_lobste_rs_blocking... I sense hidden ideology, but it's his community to own, not mine.
  - coffeeling 2y ago
    It's not just that he disagrees with the things on an object, what happened level. He actively reads malice into every misstep to paint the organization as abusive.
    - porridgeraisin 2y ago
      Yep.