On: Jwz: I told you so, 2021 edition

[rcarmo]

Archive org link because Jamie has strong feelings about being linked from HN (even down to blocking the folk on Twitter who do so).

[MonkeyIsNull → rcarmo]

Thanks, I was wondering what in the world was up with that.

[u801e → MonkeyIsNull]

This is what happens if you link to his website from HN. Arguably NSFW: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/

[higerordermap → u801e]

I Got the proper page?

[u801e → higerordermap]

I found when using Firefox, it did take me to the proper page. When using Google chrome, was redirected to the landing page I was referring to. Which browser did you use?

Testing it again in Firefox took me to the landing page. Maybe it doesn't redirect every single time.

[pritambaral → u801e]

It works by detecting the HTTP Referer header. Under certain circumstances of privacy, Firefox strips the header. For example: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/31/preventing-data...

It is plainly obvious why Google's browser might not want to do something like that.