Interesting Links for 31-07-2022

[andrewducker]

1. This is very nearly exactly what you don't want to happen while rock climbing

(tags:rocks Doom video )

2. Confusing British words: a very abbreviated list

(tags:language UK English )

3. Apparently "doing your job" is now called "quiet quitting"

(tags:work wtf )

4. The Sandman Creator Explains Why He Tears Down Online Trolls

(tags:neilgaiman racism )

5. The benefits of special interests in autism

(tags:autism psychology )

6. Covid cases could give just 28 days immunity as scientists warn of shorter, sharper Omicron variant waves

(tags:Pandemic Doom )

7. Genetically engineered rice needs less fertilizer, makes more food

(tags:food rice genetics )

8. I approve of arming orangutans

(tags:ape funny )

Comments

[bens_dad]

1. Request denied.

[andrewducker]

Huh, odd. Just tried it in a fresh browser and it worked for me.

[rhythmaning]

It worked fine for me.

[bens_dad]

Works ok in a different firefox profile. Must be something in my web defences: adblocker, cookie blocker, Privacy Badger etc.

The error was:

Request denied.

You do not have permission to access this page.

Find out why you may have encountered this error, or let us know if the problem persists. Include your IP address and a short description of what you were doing when you encountered the rate limit.


"No permission" and "rate limited" aren't really the same thing. I wonder whether my browser failed to identify me or tried too often ?

[andrewducker]

Interesting! I'm curious, but I suspect they won't tell us how their defences work.