GameBoy Workboy

(tcrf.net)

115 points | by tosh 3 hours ago

8 comments

  • dgellow 2 hours ago
    Access seems pretty strict

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    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-Fi, CloudFlare relays, etc.) You are a badly-behaving or unwelcome bot (ChatGPT, bingbot, yandex, etc.) You are using a badly-behaving extension (eg. Imagus, etc) that is trying to load every single version of a file in the background If you were able to view pages before, and this error message has suddenly appeared in place of what you were expecting, make sure you are not running any extensions or tools that are attempting to download everything at once. It is possible you were manually blocked, and it might be removed soon. If not, well, sorry.

    If this page always apppeared, there is likely not a lot you can do. If you are using a VPN, turn off your VPN and try again.

    Sorry for the trouble. We have been under a long-running DDoS attack.

    • willXare 40 minutes ago
      403 Forbidden is just the modern version of blowing into the cartridge.
    • free_bip 2 hours ago
      That's weird, I can connect just fine over mullvad.
      • MrDrMcCoy 2 hours ago
        I'm on Mullvad and got blocked.
  • Asfand2099 41 minutes ago
    The "you might be a bot" bullet point now explicitly listing ChatGPT is a pretty good snapshot of where the web is in 2026. For years sites optimized for search engine crawlers; now they're increasingly optimizing against AI crawlers. It's a fundamental shift in who site operators see as their largest source of unwanted traffic.
    • montag 28 minutes ago
      Where are you seeing this?
      • iamjackg 20 minutes ago
        It's probably a bot account that tried to read the article to come up with a reasonable comment, but TCRF likely serves a "you're a bot, go away" static response page when it's accessed by bots. Pretty funny.
        • iamjackg 17 minutes ago
          I take that back! It seems to be happening to multiple people using VPNs. My bad. I should have been more charitable.
          • lxgr 14 minutes ago
            There do seem to be annoying false positives, but this particular account really is a bit strange. Months of silence after signing up, and then this non sequitur…
  • marcosscriven 24 minutes ago
    Blocking Apple iCloud privacy is pretty extreme.
  • ajdude 2 hours ago
  • willXare 38 minutes ago
    The original "work from anywhere" setup, as long as anywhere had two AA batteries.
    • asdff 29 minutes ago
      Four AA
  • dbalatero 1 hour ago
    When I try to share this page on iMessage it unfurls the link as "LLM / AI Standard Test Page" so I guess I won't share it!
    • DANmode 41 minutes ago
      You can choose to display the text of the link,

      instead of letting your device’s defaults decide who you are,

      and then telling all of us about it.

  • calmworm 2 hours ago
    Site blocks VPN users.
    • deadbabe 2 hours ago
      This is why you should self host your VPN.
      • retired 2 hours ago
        Does that not defeat the anonymity aspect?
        • DANmode 42 minutes ago
          You mean pseudo anonymity, from advertisers mostly?
        • deadbabe 1 hour ago
          VPNs even from big public providers have not been a reliable way to protect anonymity for a while now. Use VPNs for cryptographic security and circumventing region control.
    • ErroneousBosh 25 minutes ago
      Many of us only like legitimate users, and therefore block VPNs.
      • lxgr 14 minutes ago
        What makes a VPN user inherently “illegitimate” in your view?
  • ant6n 2 hours ago
    The linked video seems to provide a much deeper story: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcrPM-jDqY&ra=m